ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,803, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ISHIDA Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Combination weighing apparatus" was invented by Ryo Ichihashi (Ritto, Japan), Mikio Kishikawa (Ritto, Japan) and Takahide Kasugai (Ritto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination weighing apparatus (1) according to an embodiment includes: a dispersion table (10) that receives and conveys an article that has been supplied from an outside; a driving unit (20) that applies conveyance force to the dispersion table (10), the conveyance force causing the article to be conveyed; a plurality of conveyors (11) that receives the article from the dispersion table...