US Patent Issued to Yamato Scale on Sept. 30 for "Hopper attachment structure and weighing device comprising same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,370, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Yamato Scale Co. Ltd. (Akashi, Japan).

"Hopper attachment structure and weighing device comprising same" was invented by Takayuki Nagai (Akashi, Japan), Ryo Shimizu (Akashi, Japan) and Ryo Suemichi (Akashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hopper attachment structure is provided that allows a hopper to be removably attached to a driving unit. The hopper has an outlet in a body thereof and a gate driven to open and close by the driving unit. The outlet of the hopper is allowed to open and close with the gate. The driving unit has an engaging protrusion and a support protrusion. The hoppe...