Claims
- 1. A method of weighing and dispensing material from a surge bin comprising the steps of:
- collecting said material in a batcher to a predetermined amount;
- dispensing said collected material from said batcher into said surge bin;
- dispensing a quantity of material from said surge bin while again collecting material in said batcher to said predetermined amount;
- continuously weighing said surge bin and material therein as said material is dispensed from said surge bin to determine an initial weight of material dispensed from said surge bin;
- interrupting dispensing of said material from said surge bin responsive to said predetermined amount of material being collected in said batcher;
- storing said initial weight of material dispensed from said surge bin prior interruption of dispensing of said material from said surge bin;
- dispensing said predetermined amount of collected material from said batcher into said surge bin;
- weighing said surge bin and material therein to establish the weight of said surge bin and material therein;
- dispensing a quantity of said material from said surge bin; and
- continuously weighing said surge bin and material therein while material is being dispensed from said surge bin to determine a further weight of material dispensed from said surge bin.
- 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
- responsive to said material being completely dispensed from said surge bin prior to said batcher collecting said predetermined amount, terminating dispensing of material from said surge bin by closing a dispensing opening in said surge bin through which said material is dispensed;
- storing the weight of material dispensed from said surge bin;
- responsive to said batcher collecting said predetermined amount of said material, dispensing said collected material from said batcher into said surge bin;
- weighing said surge bin and the material therein to establish the weight of said bin and said material;
- dispensing a quantity of material from said surge bin; and
- continuously weighing said surge bin and material therein to determine a further weight of material dispensed from said surge bin.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 951,373 filed Oct. 10, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,248,359, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 912,501 filed June 5, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,249,351.
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Divisions (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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