US Patent Issued to Ishida on Nov. 18 for "Distribution supply apparatus and combination weighing apparatus including the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,196, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Ishida Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Distribution supply apparatus and combination weighing apparatus including the same" was invented by Michio Nishi (Ritto, Japan), Mikio Kishikawa (Ritto, Japan), Toshiharu Kageyama (Ritto, Japan), Satoru Kamigaito (Ritto, Japan), Takahide Kasugai (Ritto, Japan), Kazuteru Oda (Ritto, Japan) and Hidemasa Cho (Ritto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distribution supply apparatus includes: a distributor configured to receive articles dropped from above and distribute the articles circumferentially; a plurality of conveyors arrayed radially along a circumferent...