Fill height detector in weighing and packaging system
CA 1269743 C · Owner: Mosher, Oren G. · Inventors: Mosher, Oren G.; Mosher, Oren A.
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A package fill height detector comprises a probe for abutting a batch of product in a package means for, inserting the probe into an opening in the top of the package so that the probe rests on the product and a, sensor for sensing the height of the probe when it rests on the product in the package to determine the fill height of the package. The means for inserting the probe into the package comprises an arm which supports the probe, a motor for rotating the arm and a cam for guiding the arm downwardly into the package until the probe rests on the product within the package and then upwardly out of the package. An associated weighing and packaging system includes a control coupled to the …
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- Granted May 29, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 29, 2007.
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