COMBINATION WEIGHING METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the deterioration of an article caused by the stagnation of the article in a combination weighing machine over a long time by emplying a first-in first-out system for discharging the article in weighing order in a combination weighing method. SOLUTION: In the combination weighing method wherein the weighing value of the foremost filling cup always becomes one of the constituent numerical values of combination calculation, when not received in an allowable range in a predetermined number of times of combination calculation to become combination defectiveness, the article to be weighed in the foremost filling cup, that is, a cup filled with the article to be weighed not yet selected in combination and most temporally elapsed from the filling point of time of the article to be weighed is preferentially selected to be discharged.