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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4236222 | Digital scale The invention relates to a scale system which employs a microcomputer forming an integral part of the analog to digital conversion means in which the microcomputer controls the sequence of operations for performing the conversion, accumulates and stores d... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4229794 | Method and apparatus for supplying a label printer with product information Described herein is a method and apparatus for storing, on a product card, information relating to the description and the unit price of a product to be weighed, and for providing a label printer with the stored information as well as the total price of t... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4212074 | Weight measuring method and apparatus thereof A weight measuring apparatus comprises a load cell for generating an analog signal corresponding to load applied, and A/D converter for converting an output signal from the load cell into a digital signal, a data processing unit which periodically reads a... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4207955 | Display holding device in electronic digital display type scale In a display holding device for an electronic digital display type scale, when a part of a first load applied to the weighing section is removed therefrom, a hold signal is automatically outputted so that the data representative of the weight, price, etc.... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4181946 | Digital scale The invention relates to a scale system which employs a microcomputer forming an integral part of the analog to digital conversion means in which the microcomputer controls the sequence of operations for performing the conversion, accumulates and stores d... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4180856 | Electronic postage metering system A system for automatically setting a postage meter as a function of package weight and destination includes a scale mechanism for generating weight-representing signals. The package postage can be established by converting the destination zip code to a de... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4159521 | Digital scale with antifraud features Improved electronic apparatus for weighing and computing the value from the weight and price per unit weight, for each of a plurality of successive weighing operations. An integrated circuit microcomputer is supplied with the article weight from a load ce... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4153122 | Weighing apparatus A weighing apparatus having an evaluating device connected to the movement for determining the weight value of a load to be weighed from a series of continuously repeated weight measurements which includes a store or memory for the individual results of t... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4139892 | Electronic postage scale An improved scale, and particularly an electronic postage scale, wherein a parcel is weighed and postage is computed automatically in accordance with the weight of the parcel and the particular class of shipment and destination zone therefor. It is one fe... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4138735 | System for remotely resetting postage rate memories A system for simultaneously writing current postage rate charts into remote memories associated with a plurality of postage scale or meter microprocessors incorporates carrier wave transmission of encoded rate charts to the microprocessors. A data block, ... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4135662 | Operator prompting system In a data processing system wherein operator entry of data is provided an array of alpha numeric display units is utilized not only for indicating operand entries and operating results, but also as an operator message prompting medium for steering the ope... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4131946 | Mailing system A system for mailing articles includes an integrated circuit interface between a scale deflection transducer, a processor and an external memory. The interface includes a multifunction shift register array which is adapted to receive count data indicative... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4122532 | System for updating postal rate information utilized by remote mail processing apparatus A system for replacing obsolete postal rate data with new data used by a remote mail processing apparatus comprises a central data processor for generating the new data. An encoder translates the new data into electronic tone signals which are transmitted... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4109857 | Automatic unit price setting apparatus of electronic digital display scale with printing device An automatic unit price setting apparatus for an electronic digital display scale with a printing device in an equipment adapted to compute and display a price of an article of goods by multiplying a weight of said article to be weighed by a unit price of... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4102420 | Electronic weighing apparatus An electronic weighing apparatus, comprising: a scale mechanism having a weighing plate for placing an article being weighed, a slit plate provided to be moved associated with the weight of said article on said weighing plate and having a series of slit e... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4102421 | Electronic weighing apparatus An electronic weighing apparatus, comprising a scale mechanism having a weighing plate for placing an article being weighed, a movable slit plate associated with the weight of said article on said weighing plate and having a series of slits equally spaced... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4093032 | Electronic weighing apparatus An electronic weighing apparatus, comprising: a scale mechanism having a weighing plate for placing an article being weighed, said article having a net weight and including a packing having a tare weight, a pulse train generator operatively coupled to sai... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4091449 | Computing scale system Disclosed is a computing scale system utilizing an integrated circuit microcomputer for computing the value of a product being weighed and for controlling the operation of a label printer associated therewith. The microcomputer operates with 4-bit words, ... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4084242 | Electronic postage weighing scale An electronic weighing scale for determining the postage value of weighed articles. The scale features easily accessible electronics for a postal rate table in stored memory. Because the postal rates on packages change with a fair amount of periodicity, t... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4064954 | Computing postal scale and method with taring capability Highly accurate and versatile computing scale which is particularly suitable for postal use. The platform of the scale is mounted on and supported by a single load cell in a system requiring no levers, pivots or other moving parts. Weight readings are ave... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4063604 | Computing scale and method Highly accurate and versatile computing scale which is particularly suitable for postal use. The platform of the scale is mounted on and supported by a single load cell in a system requiring no levers, pivots or other moving parts. Weight readings are ave... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4055753 | Computing weighing scale A computing weighing scale is disclosed wherein a single multi-digit numerical indicator is driven in real time by the scale microcomputer to display, sequentially, weight of the article, price per unit weight, and total price or value of the article. The... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4055748 | Computing weighing scale A computing weighing scale is disclosed wherein a single multi-digit numerical indicator is driven in real time by the scale microcomputer to display, sequentially, weight of the article, price per unit weight, and total price or value of the article. The... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4051913 | Electronic postage scale A method of and apparatus for determining and displaying the postal rate for a parcel to be shipped to a destination zone by a selected class of shipment in accordance with the weight of the parcel. A memory is provided with plural sections, each section ... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4049068 | Price labeling system with floating zero reference A price labeling system employs a highly linear weight-responsive transducer. Two weight measurements are taken with respect to each incoming article, one representing the unladen weight of the scale platform and the other representing the laden weight of... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4047006 | Electronic postage scale An electronic postage scale for providing an indication of the requisite postage for a parcel in accordance with the weight, class of shipment and destination zone of the parcel includes a weight data generator for generating a digital representation of t... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4036316 | Computing scale and method with taring capability Highly accurate and versatile computing scale which is particularly suitable for postal use. The platform of the scale is mounted on and supported by a single load cell in a system requiring no levers, pivots or other moving parts. Weight readings are ave... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4034818 | Scales, in particular shop scales A scale has a display unit for digitally displaying weights, price per unit weight, and price data in sequential fashion and preferably using common digit display portions of the display unit for each of these items of data. A weight computing unit comput... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4029161 | Digital scale The disclosure relates to a weighing and computing system for determining and displaying the total net price of a series of commodity items including items to be weighed for determining individual net prices from unit weight prices and items of fixed net ... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4004139 | Digital scale with means to shift displayed weight to show fraction of least normally displayed graduation An improved electronic apparatus for accurately weighing, computing a value and printing a label showing the weight, the price per unit weight and the computed value of each of a plurality of successive articles. The scale generates a predetermined number... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3986012 | Digital weight measuring and computing apparatus with automatic zero correction This invention relates to an improved digital weight measuring and computing apparatus with automatic zero correction which automatically corrects the zero indication of the apparatus. The weight measuring apparatus comprises a scale which employs a load cell ... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3984667 | Motion detecting scale Improved electronic scale system for weighing, computing a value and printing a label showing the weight, price per unit weight and the computed value for each of a plurality of successive articles. An integrated circuit microcomputer is periodically supp... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3978457 | Microcomputerized electronic postage meter system An advanced electronic postage meter system is described, which is built around a micro computer set. The micro computer set is of LSI design, and comprises a single chip central processor unit (CPU) which performs all control and data processing function... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3962569 | Value computing scale Improved electronic apparatus for weighing, computing a value and printing a label showing the weight, the price per unit weight and the computed value of each of a plurality of successive commodities. An integrated circuit microcomputer is supplied with ... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3962570 | Scale with manual tare entry Improved electronic apparatus for weighing, computing a value and printing a label showing the weight, the price per unit weight and the computed value of each of a plurality of successive articles. A microcomputer is supplied with the article weight from... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3951221 | Computing postal scale Highly accurate and versatile computing scale which is particularly suitable for postal use. The platform of the scale is mounted on and supported by a single load cell in a system requiring no levers, pivots or other moving parts. Weight readings are ave... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3937287 | Data filtering circuitry Improved apparatus for weighing and computing a value for articles. An integrated circuit microcomputer is supplied with the gross article weight from a scale and with price per unit weight data from a manual keyboard. Tare weight data may be entered eith... | 02/10/1976 |
