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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7598463 | Animal scale A weigh scale and a sorter unit mounted at a front gate for guiding the animal after weighing when the animal emerges from the front gate is transported from pen to pen within a barn on ground wheels with the sorter unit being mounted so as to be movable from a depl... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7432456 | System and method for providing certified weighing services at remotely attended scales A remotely attended scale system for providing certified weighing services for a vehicle. The system having a plurality of weigh sites located remotely from one another and a weighmaster located at a central location. The weighmaster verifies proper placement of the... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7375293 | System and method for weighing and characterizing moving or stationary vehicles and cargo A weigh-in-motion device and method having at least one transducer pad, each transducer pad having at least one transducer group with transducers positioned essentially perpendicular to the direction of travel. At least one pad microcomputer is provided on each tran... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7335839 | Load cell interface for a bed having a stud receiver with a roller axis parallel with an axis of a load cell stud A load cell apparatus has a load cell adapted to couple to a first structure. The load cell comprises a load cell body and a sensor. The sensor provides an output signal indicative of an amount of weight applied to the load cell. A stud extends away from the load ce... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7247801 | System and method for fast weighing of items such as mailpieces A system and method for fast weighing of items such as mailpieces. The system includes a scale system having a platform connected to a load cell that provides an output signal to an analog-to-digital converter. The resulting digital output signal is processed by a l... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7142102 | Weight overload warning system A system for determining if a motor vehicle is overloaded by utilizing the Tire Pressure Monitoring System and the Auto Leveling System installed on many vehicles, and optionally, also providing the proper tire pressure to provide a save driving condition for the mo... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7119287 | Platform scale with under-platform mounted load cell protection cases for reducing side forces A tine mounted weighing scale apparatus includes a pair of weighing scale units, each scale unit having a base mountable on one tine of a lifting device. The base has a predetermined number of load cell mounts each providing a deflection gap between a load cell and ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7094976 | Vehicle weight measuring structure and vehicle weight measuring apparatus using the same Disclosed is a vehicle weight measuring structure. The structure comprises a base plate; a plurality of support elements placed on the base plate, each support element having a pair of legs which project downward and are separated from each other by a predetermined ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7009118 | Vehicle load weighing system and load cells for such systems The present invention relates to a load cell operable with a vehicle having a chassis and a container carried by the chassis, with the load cell supported by the chassis and supporting the container for measuring the weight of the container and any load therein, and... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6936776 | Weighing scale with level compensating foot assembly A foot assembly for a weighing scale comprises a base, a ring arranged in coaxial spaced relation to the base; and a plurality of deformable compensation beams projecting outwardly from a portion of the base so as to support the ring. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6822172 | Combined vehicle scale through the use of lateral connections The current invention involves a method and device of combining vehicle scales platforms to eliminate potential checking interferences. Disclosed is a novel method of combining independent scale platforms enabling independent weighing on each platform and at the sam... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6692567 | Seismic weigh-in-motion system A seismic weigh-in-motion system (12) which utilizes a seismic sensor (32) mounted, off-pavement of the highway prior to the point at which the truck (10) enters the deceleration lane at the truck weighing station. The sensor (32) senses seismic vibration... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6603082 | Device for controlling a physical system A device for controlling a physical system, such as a flow of pedestrians, in an extended area is suggested. In comprises a plurality of identical cell units with preferably hexagonal shape. The cell units are assembled in tile-like manner to form a floor... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6459050 | Method and appartus for converting static in-ground vehicle scales into weigh-in-motion systems An apparatus and method for converting in-ground static weighing scales for vehicles to weigh-in-motion systems. The apparatus upon conversion includes the existing in-ground static scale, peripheral switches and an electronic module for automatic computa... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6417465 | Ground-conforming portable truck scale A ground-conforming portable truck scale which may be positioned on uneven ground for weighing a truck comprising a pair of longitudinally extending side truss members having a center cross-beam pivotally secured thereto and extending therebetween, a plur... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6177638 | Portable load scale for uneven terrain A portable load scale for use in rugged terrain or at locations without suitable support pads, the load scale having a support deck affixed to a base platform through a plural number of load cells, where the base platform is constructed to provide ramp me... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6046412 | Heavy duty weigh scale A heavy duty weigh scale including a rectangular weighing platform constructed of parallel and spaced apart I-beams, which platform is carried above ground with at least one stand supporting an I-beam of the platform. The stand having a pair of spaced apa... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5998741 | System and methods for accurately weighing and characterizing moving vehicles This system and method of operation weighs and characterizes a moving vehicle traveling on a roadway. The moving vehicle travels across a weight transducer and first and second switching devices. The transducer provides a first set of output signals indic... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5959259 | System and method for accurately weighing and characterizing moving vehicles This system and method of operation weighs and characterizes a moving vehicle traveling on a roadway. The moving vehicle travels across a weight transducer and first and second switching devices. The transducer provides a first set of output signals indic... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5880407 | Apparatus for dispensing materials An apparatus for dispensing materials, the apparatus having a container for gravitationally receiving the materials in a collection position; a control mechanism for selective dispensing of the materials from the collection position; and a suspension asse... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5753865 | Load measurement A method which determines the axle load of a vehicle consisting of measur the weight of a wheel while the vehicle is at a first angle of inclination, measuring the weight of the wheel while the vehicle is tilted at a second angle of inclination, and then... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5621195 | Sensor array system for determining axle spacing In a system for determining the spacing between axles on a vehicle, problems associated with the determination in a stop-and-go situation are overcome with a sensor array system wherein a first sensor is spaced from an array of sensors by a predetermined ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5585604 | Dynamic weighing method of determining a load measurment value and the resolution thereof A method of determining a load measurement value in dynamic weighing of an object passing over a weighing platform supported by load-sensing means generating a load-dependent weighing signal (S) which rises from a basic level to a peak level, to subsequen... | 12/17/1996 |
| 4605081 | Automatic truck measuring system and process A self-operating automatic control system and process is provided to automatically measure the gross weight, load, and length of trucks, such as at refineries, truck terminals, and depots. A central processing unit compares the truck's weight and length w... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4569407 | Portable hydraulic scale A weighing apparatus which eliminates knife edges, levers and linkages comprising a plurality of load bearing fluid cylinders supported by a base, a weighing platform supported by the load bearing cylinders. A plurality of secondary cylinders, hydraulical... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4465151 | Weighstations and remote control thereof A weighstation which includes a weighbeam and is arranged to provide indications of axle loadings of a vehicle as the vehicle passes over it has a transmitting and receiving unit which is adapted for cooperation with a remote controller situated in the ca... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4138968 | Automatic sorting device for livestock An automatic sorting device for livestock comprises a chute through which animals are urged, and includes a first, open end, and a second end with two passageways therein. Each of the passageways leads to a separate livestock pen area. A pair of gates are... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4134467 | Low profile platform scale A low profile platform scale having a rigid rectangular platform and a base assembly, supporting the platform, adapted to rest on an underlying foundation and having four independent corner pads, each with beam load cells mounted in cantilever fashion on ... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4102422 | Device for measuring loads, especially transient loads A device comprises for sensing or measuring loads, especially transient loads, such as a load imposed by a wheel of a vehicle driving over the device. The device comprises two electrically conductive plates and an intermediate dielectric and elastomeric o... | 07/25/1978 |
| 3999621 | Low profile platform weighing scale A weighing scale in which a plurality of load cells support a load-receiving structure and in which a statically determinate restraint system is employed to restrain horizontal movement of the assembly of the load cells and the load-receiving structure.... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3966001 | Platform weighing scale A platform weighing scale having a load receiving platform structure positioned over and resting on a multiplicity of load cells and having a load cell-removing aperture in registry with each load cell whereby each load cell is upwardly removable through ... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3933212 | Weighing apparatus Platform weighing apparatus combines a foundation frame, a two layer platform, and interposed load cells of highly restricted vertical dimensions. The load cells are interfitted within cut-away portions of the underlayer of the platform, being removably a... | 01/20/1976 |
