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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120000714 | FOOD PRODUCT SCALE AND RELATED PROMOTIONAL SYSTEM AND METHOD A product pricing and incentive system uses a label supply in which continuous label stock has a series of laterally extending weakening lines spaced apart to define multiple label segments of common size. Single segment labels or multiple segment labels can be printed ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110303468 | PRODUCE TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD A produce transaction system and method which is located in a produce section of a store. The produce transaction system includes a scale below a container in a produce section of a store, the container storing a single type of produce item, and a computer coupled to th... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110297455 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING WEIGHT UTILIZING THE SAME An object is weighed using a portable electronic device. Placement of an object on a touch panel of the portable electronic device provides measurement of the weight of the object. In the measurement, the portable electronic device sends information to the touch panel t... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110147095 | MAILING MACHINE TRANSPORT SYSTEM WITH INTEGRAL SCALE FOR WEIGHING MAIL PIECES A transport system that reduces the amount of oscillation of the weighing platform thereby weighing mail pieces faster. A take-away nip of the weighing module is formed by a pivot arm having a roller mounted thereon and a drive roller mounted in the weighing platform. T... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110147093 | MAILING MACHINE TRANSPORT SYSTEM A mail processing system having a transport that reduces the amount of oscillation of the scale to allow for faster weighing of mail pieces is provided. A mailing machine includes a plurality of different modules through which mail pieces are fed by a transport system. ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110079447 | Adjustable Media Width Sensor for a Mailing Machine An illustrative mailing machine is provided including at least one adjustable optical media width sensor that may be reconfigured for differing postal rating requirements. The media width sensor subassembly has a narrow linear sensor window that is positioned perpendicu... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20100318440 | Cashierless, Hygienic, Automated, Computerized, Programmed Shopping Store, Storeroom And Supply Pipeline With Administration Cataloguing To Eliminate Retail Fraud; With Innovative Components For Use Therein A Cashierless unattended point of sale, shopping store procurement payment means, with storeroom reordering system using a layered wireless linked monitoring and cataloguing system; includes an interfacing electronic configured self-owned reusable three-wheel fold-up sh... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100274676 | Custom Food Product Preparation Apparatus Custom food product methods and apparatus are provided that allow customers to participate in the preparation of food products as a part of the dining experience. A method of preparing a custom food product under the direction of a customer includes placing a customer-s... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100185483 | SCALE WITH KIOSK ORDERING INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD A food product scale is adapted to interface with an electronic product ordering system, such as a kiosk ordering system, enabling store personnel to more readily identify, process and complete such orders.... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100084200 | FOOD PRODUCT PRICING SCALE WITH AUTOMATED MULTI-LANGUAGE INTERFACE A scale, such as a food product scale in a perishables department of a store, identifies an operator via an RF detection system, or other operator identification system, and displays information on the scale user interface in a preferred language for the identified oper... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100000801 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECIPES ON A SCALE A weighing scale adapted to automatically present one or more recipes to a user thereof, and a method of presenting such recipes. The recipes are preferably, but not necessarily, related in some way to a product being weighed or otherwise examined by the weighing scale.... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090293423 | FOOD PRODUCT SCALE AND RELATED IN-STORE RANDOM WEIGHT ITEM TRANSACTION SYSTEM WITH RFID A random weight item transaction system include a scale with label RFID tag functionality, service person RFID tag functionality and customer RFID tag functionality. A slicer in proximity to the scale may include service person and bulk food product RFID functionalities... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20080277168 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO A CUSTOMER Described embodiments relate to systems and methods for providing information to a customer. A weigh station has an input module for receiving a product identifier corresponding to a product and a scale for weighing the product. A storage module stores product informati... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080245581 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALERTING AN OPERATOR A system for alerting an operator of a weighing apparatus is described. The weighing apparatus may be capable of displaying a message in a message area to an operator. The message may be displayed in response to a command sent from a remote device.... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080249963 | Reconfigurable mailing system having interchangeable mailpiece sealing and opening modules A mailing machine is provided for processing mailpiece envelopes including a housing having a transport deck adapted to convey an envelope along a feed path. The mailing machine is reconfigurable to perform one of two mailpiece processing operation by alternately select... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080190672 | Method to Automatically Synchronizing Scale Database Information A method of receiving product pricing errors within a store including multiple food product scales is provided. The method includes (a) providing a store scale communications network. At step (b), a primary food product scale is provided in the store including memory fo... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080035390 | Dimensioning and weighing system An apparatus for measuring the weight of items on a conveyor includes a scale that generates a first signal corresponding to the weight of the items. A movable platform transports the items to the scale and generates a second signal corresponding to position of the item... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20070255665 | Self-checkout terminal A process is executed in which a weight value transmitted from a scale device having a placing part for placing an article, is stored in a memory as a former weight under predetermined condition, when an article code is input through a user interface, a price and a weig... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070240911 | METHOD FOR OFFERING NEWS ARTICLE VIA ON-LINE SYSTEM BASED UPON EDITORIAL INDEX AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD A method of assigning a weight value to an online news article, and a system for executing the method are provided. A method of assigning a weight value to an online news article, includes the steps of: receiving an article content from an article providing system of an... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070199740 | Digital Weighing Device It is possible to rapidly and accurately reach a target value while putting a material to be weighed. In step S1, a target value is set. Putting in of a material is started. Control is passed to step S2 and step S3 and a numerical value A at the dig... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070193786 | Item of Luggage with Scales The invention is directed to an item of luggage having scales with an associated weight outputting means for outputting the weight thereof. The scales having a load-bearing part, which is rigidly joined to the item of luggage and a free slide which can be displaced rela... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070084641 | Method for producing and/or updating learning and/or random test samples The invention relates to a method for producing and/or updating learning and/or random test samples for the optimization of automatic optical readers for inscriptions on mail with adaptive classifiers, comprising the following steps: reading of wireless-readable or insc... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070050316 | System for automated package mailing A walk up or drive through package mailing system is provided. ... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20070050315 | System for high-speed automatic weighing of items in a mail stream An apparatus for weighing mail pieces being advanced across a transport path including a weighing module having load cells, an in-feed drive module and a takeaway module. The scale platform is mounted independently of the in-feed drive module and the takeaway module, an... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20060213695 | Scales In order to provide scales, comprising a weighed-product receiving region and a terminal positioned at a vertical spacing from the weighed-product receiving region, that are easy to operate, it is proposed that at least one camera with a field of view towards the weighe... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060122950 | Method for weighing items moving over a weighing plate in succession In a method for weighing a number of items, such as letters to be franked, on a transport belt that moves over a weighing plate, the base of which is formed by the transport belt, the transport speed of the belt is slowed within a measurement time range, that starts fro... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060112023 | Cubing apparatus and methods The invention provides dimensional weighing apparatus (5) that may e.g. be placed transparently between the weighing scales (3) and POS terminal (4) of e.g. a postal outlet so as to provide dimensional weighing of a parcel (2). The apparatus ... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060000648 | Feeder device with an integrated differential weigh module A mail article feeder device comprises a support housing receiving a weighing cell for delivering a weighing signal, a receiver tray having longitudinal and transverse walls for jogging mail articles, and for receiving a stack of mail articles, automatic extractor means... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050205307 | Method and apparatus for determining the mass of an article using a load cell A method of determining the mass of a mail piece using a load cell. A mail piece whose mass is to be determined is transported across a platform without stopping or slowing the mail piece. A load cell measures the horizontal force applied to the load cell by the transpo... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050183894 | Weighing system, method, and apparatus A method, apparatus, and system of weighing a subject are disclosed. The inventive method, apparatus, and system includes use of at least two independent scales and may be particularly useful for facilitating the detection of misalignment of the human body. The method, ... | 08/25/2005 |
