Weighing apparatus and method
CA 1136765 A · Owner: General Mining Union Corporation Limited · Inventors: Kealy, Wellesley A.
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This invention relates to a method of and apparatus for weighing and sorting articles according to their mass or a mass to physical characteristic ratio with the method including the steps of causing the articles to move at a known constant velocity measuring the, momentum of the articles and computing the momentum of each article with its known velocity to determine its mass and sorting the articles into fractions above and below a predetermined mass. Preferably a, characteristic such as the radio activity of the articles is measured and the articles are sorted into fractions above and below a predetermined mass to characteristic level. The apparatus includes a conveyor which drops the …
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- Granted November 30, 1982. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 30, 1999.
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