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A method and apparatus for separately weighing, by means of a common scale, contributions of material for multiple streams, such material typically being printed papers, such as from a printing press. Material that is to be weighed, which is typically waste material, is delivered by workers or opera

A method and apparatus for separately weighing, by means of a common scale, contributions of material for multiple streams, such material typically being printed papers, such as from a printing press. Material that is to be weighed, which is typically waste material, is delivered by workers or operators along multiple respective routes to the common scale bin. Means are provided which are worker initiated, to provide enabling signals respectively associated with the multiple routes along with means responsive to these enabling signals while providing a plurality of separate counts corresponding to weight for each respective route. Delivery of material along each route may be detected by, for example, a floor mat switch, a actuated push button, or by photo detector means.

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A method of weighing material from multiple streams with a common scale, comprising; delivering a quantity of said material that is to be weighed from each respective stream, sensing increments in scale weight from each respective delivery, adding sensed weight increments associated with each respec

A method of weighing material from multiple streams with a common scale, comprising; delivering a quantity of said material that is to be weighed from each respective stream, sensing increments in scale weight from each respective delivery, adding sensed weight increments associated with each respective stream to provide separate counts corresponding to weight from each stream, and comparing the sensed weight to the weight of a known sample to determine a piece count.