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An improved motorized, articles-in-succession conveying and weighing (or checkweighing) machine for use such as intermediate of in-line article feeding and take-away conveyors, or the like, comprises essentially a frame-like support structure; a strain gage load cell suspended therefrom, which carri

An improved motorized, articles-in-succession conveying and weighing (or checkweighing) machine for use such as intermediate of in-line article feeding and take-away conveyors, or the like, comprises essentially a frame-like support structure; a strain gage load cell suspended therefrom, which carries suspended therefrom a cage-like bracket, the opposite sides of which support spaced apart parallel article transport conveyors. Each of such conveyors comprises an endless belt training about driving and idler rollers which rotate about vertical axes. These conveyors define therebetween an article-to-be-weighed conveying passageway extending in longitudinal alignment with article feeding and take-away conveyor. The motor driving the conveyors is also mounted on the bracket suspended from the load cell; and therefore the motor and the conveyor form parts of the tare load on the load cell. The driving motor is positioned on the bracket at an elevation above that of the load cell and in counterbalance of any tendency of the bracket cage to rotate about the horizontal axis of the load cell such as may be induced by intermittent or variable forces acting upon the article conveying component of the machine which is suspended below the load cell.

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A machine system for transporting and weighing or checkweighing articles passing in succession therethrough, such as for use in conjunction with weight-signal transmitting/converting/calculating printout devices or the like for visual display and price labeling operations or the like; said system co

A machine system for transporting and weighing or checkweighing articles passing in succession therethrough, such as for use in conjunction with weight-signal transmitting/converting/calculating printout devices or the like for visual display and price labeling operations or the like; said system comprising in combination: article delivery and take-away means; a weighing machine support device; a weighing machine including a vertically flexible weight-measuring means attached to and suspended from said support device; a truss type structure of inverted U-shaped sectional form attached to and suspended from said weight-measuring means and having oppositely disposed side wall portions thereof defining in aligned combination with said article delivery and take-away means an article-to-be-weighed passageway through said machine system; oppositely paired article transport means carried upon said truss structure at opposite in-board side wall portions thereof for carrying therebetween articles to be weighed in vertically suspended succession through said passageway; and means powering said article transport means mounted upon said truss structure comprising a tare weight component of said weighing machine.