ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,907, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Ishida Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Combination weighing apparatus with uniform article distribution" was invented by Toshiharu Kageyama (Ritto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination weighing apparatus (1) includes: an article supplier (13) that has an outlet allowing articles supplied from outside to be discharged and conveys the articles in response to vibrations from a first vibrator (11); a distribution table (14) circular in plan view that discharges, in response to vibrations from a second vibrator (12), the articles supplied from the article supplier (13) in a radial direction ...