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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110278076 | BABY SCALES Baby scales include a housing, a weighing tray associated with the housing and configured to hold a baby, a display and a measuring device configured to support the weighing tray and to determine a weight of the baby. The measuring device includes an electric length mea... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110232972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEIGH SCALE PERIMETER MONITORING FOR SCANNER-SCALES Systems and methods for reducing erroneous weighing of items such as by detecting items extending beyond a periphery of a weigh platter whereby in one configuration, the system employs a light guide for routing a light beam to a detector operative to detect interruption... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110147094 | WEIGHING SCALES Weighing scales include at least one load cell, a weighing base configured to act on the at least one load cell and having a platform for a person, and a pillar having a pillar head disposed on the pillar, wherein a display device including an operating unit and a power... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20100320265 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TWIST LOCK MANIPULATION A manipulation device (5) for either securing a twist-lock to a shipping container or releasing it therefrom or both, the device (5) comprising engagement means (20) operative to engage and rotate at least a portion of the twist-lock so as to secure... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100181118 | BUILT-IN WEIGHT LIFTING AND LOWERING DEVICE A device that adds and removes a load of a built-in weight to and from a load measuring mechanism of a weighing apparatus built-in weight latched in a weight holder that performs a lifting and lowering operation to a fixed portion. During calibration, gas is supplied fr... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20090151474 | Low and empty product detection using load cell and load cell bracket A system and method detect when a product container from which a product is dispensed is empty or nearly empty, and provides a notification of the product status. The system includes a load cell that deflects at a first rate of distance per unit load when a load less th... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090107208 | CALIBRATION WEIGHT ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC BALANCE A calibration weight arrangement (4, 104) for an electronic balance with a force-transmitting mechanism (1) has a calibration weight (3, 103) adapted to be coupled to the force-transmitting mechanism. The arrangement also has a transfer mechanism an... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20080257655 | Magnet Unit, Elevator Guiding Apparatus and Weighing Apparatus A magnet unit includes a first magnetic pole (7a), a second magnetic pole (7b) and a third magnetic pole (7c) at a center between the first magnetic pole (7a) and the second magnetic pole (7b), provid... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080110681 | METHOD OF MONITORING AND/OR DETERMINING THE CONDITION OF A FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE, AND FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE A force-measuring device (100) with at least one housing (20) has an interior space and at least one force-measuring cell (110) installed therein. At least one parameter characterizing an existing high-frequency electromagnetic field is determined b... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080047760 | Method for Weighing a Product, Weighing System, and Loading Device A product with a transponder is conveyed along a measurement line of a weighing device and an actual weight value is determined. An exchange of data with the transponder and weighing system enable automatic adjustment of the weighing system for a specified product type ... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20070199370 | Drying balance A drying balance (1) including a pan (3) that rests on a weighing system (2) as well as a heat source (5) for heating and drying a sample (4) on the pan. A sensor (11) measures the absorption coefficient, transmission coefficien... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070097368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A FEEDER FOR A SURFACE MOUNTING DEVICE A method for calibrating a feeder for a surface mounting device (SMD) includes the steps of: reading a standard coordinate value; setting controlling parameters including a predefined amount of materials to be delivered and a predefined range of a coordinate deviation; ... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070023208 | Molding resin tablet feeding apparatus having weighing unit A molding resin tablet feeding apparatus may have a tablet weighing unit for weighing a molding resin tablet to sort out a faulty molding resin tablet. The weighing unit may be elastically deformed according to the weight of the molding resin tablet, and may further inc... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20060196700 | CALIBRATION WEIGHT ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC BALANCE An electronic balance with a force-transmitting device (1, 101) has a calibration weight arrangement (4, 104). The arrangement includes a calibration weight (3, 103) capable of being coupled to the force-transmitting device (1, 101). It also ... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20060180357 | Weight checking method and apparatus A method for determining the quantity of items in a container is described, where each item has the same nominal weight located between upper and lower weight limits. The method comprises the following steps: (a) attempting to pack a pre-determined quantity, n, of the i... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060161386 | Weighing system using electromagnetic force compensation A weighing system, using the principle of electromagnetic force compensation, which includes a permanent magnet system (14) having an air gap, a shielding cover (12), a coil (13) located inside the air gap, a transmission lever (7) to whose l... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060016242 | Systems for compensating for creep and hysteresis in a load cell A method of compensating for hysteresis in a load cell, by: (a) pre-calibrating a load cell by: measuring load cell deflection under progressively increasing loads; determining a first set of coefficients correlating the deflection of the load cell to the measured load ... | 01/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 20050194193 | Method and apparatus for dividing portions An apparatus and method for continuously producing constant weight portions of semi-solid matter, such as bread dough, from a large mass through a dividing mechanism whereby portions are formed on a receptacle which receives the portion so that an accurate weight indica... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050150695 | Method for replacing digital load cells To provide a method with which one or more digital load cells of a load-receiving device can be replaced without the weighing system having to be newly calibrated, it is proposed that, in the event of a replacement, at least one of the previous load cells remains in the... | 07/14/2005 |
