A FEEDER SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING AND DISCHARGING AT LEAST ONE FOOD PRODUCT INTO A RECEPTABLE

摘要

This invention relates to a multihead weighing system having a multiple of feeder systems for conveying and discharging at least one food product into a receptacle. The feeder system includes an inlet-end for receiving food products, an outlet-end for discharging the food products into the receptacle positioned below the outlet end,a feeder unit operated by a feeder-control unit for conveying the food products from the inlet-end towards outlet-end, and a determination unit that is positioned such that the light beam emitted by the optical device crosses a fall path of the at least one food product when discharged from the outlet-end. The optical device is operable connected to the determination unit that determines when a food object falls from the outlet-end towards said receptacle and based thereon the monitoring unit determines whether the receptacle is empty or not.