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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7348500 | Diabetes mellitus nutritional balance for monitoring the food and nutritional intake A nutrition balance for health control, especially for diabetics, to measure a weight and a caloric value of an edible substance, comprising a main body; a scale unit generating a weight signal while receiving the weight of the edible substance; a control unit compr... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346554 | Online shopping system, information processing apparatus and method, and information processing program recording medium An online shopping system is provided for minimizing transportation costs by using a plurality of prestandardized delivery containers to eliminate waste in product delivery, and enhancing the convenience of users by automatically selecting a delivery container in ac... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7235747 | Arm scale apparatus An arm scale apparatus includes a casing shaped to fit partly around a person's arm and having a casing strap attached to the casing and having a fastener thereon for strapping the casing to a person's arm. A display on the casing is positioned to face a person havi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6978671 | Gas tank gauge A device for measuring and indicating the volume of the contents of a tank includes a fixed base. A spring deflectable with to the base is also provided. The spring supports at least a portion of the tank weight. A visible connector is connected to the spring such t... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6573462 | Scoop with weigh scale A scoop has a handle attached thereto by a neck, and a load receiving vessel. The neck has a built in load cell and strain gauge supporting the load receiving vessel, which measures weight in the scoop. An analog-digital converter converts the strain gaug... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6236001 | Scoop with weigh scale A scoop has a handle attached thereto by a neck. The neck has a built in strain gauge supporting the scoop which measures weight in the scoop. An analog-digital converter converts the strain gauge output to a digital signal, which displays the weight as a... | 05/22/2001 |
| 5773767 | Scale with reset extender bar A weighing scale includes a housing having a top opening defined by a top flange. A weighing module is mounted inside the housing for measuring weight. A scale platform is disposed inside the top opening and rests atop the weighing module by gravity. A pr... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5121328 | Fee calculating apparatus for calculating delivery fee of parcel in accordance with its weight, length, and delivery area In a fee calculating apparatus for calculating a delivery fee, when weight data obtained by measurement in a weight measuring section such as an electronic scale, length data obtained by measurement in a length measuring section such as an automatic measu... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5031710 | Electronic fish scale An electronic fish scale having a spring connected to a hook to which the fish or other item to be weighed is attached. Attaching the weight to the hook causes linear displacement of the spring. A rigid coupling is attached to the spring and connected to ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4765420 | Weigh scale for fish landing device An improved weigh scale and fish landing device wherein the spring scale can be adjusted or zeroed in a tamper-proof manner. In one embodiment the fish landing device is a fish landing net having an elongate handle. The weigh scale includes a cylinder axi... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4460054 | Method and apparatus for portion control The manual portioning of non-uniform bulk products, such as the bagging of freshly prepared food products in fast-food restaurants, is controlled by a method and means which provide rapid and accurate individual portioning and consistently accurate feedba... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4431071 | Apparatus for determining the mass by the hectolitre (specific weight) of various products such as foodstuffs, more particularly cereals, granulous products and the like A device for determining the specific weight of granular products by weighing a fixed volume in a tapered hopper that can be locked in place, filled, unlocked to be weighed, and tipped over to dispense the granular products.... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4347905 | Test weight scale A portable, hand-held test weight scale for testing the bushel weight of grains. A slide beam having weight increments marked along its length is joined at one end to a grain cannister of predetermined volume. Means are provided for pivotally suspending t... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4189016 | Exact cup measuring tea kettle with spiral spring A contents measuring tea kettle having a pivotally mounted handle which swings relative to a fluid-holding container portion of the kettle for actuating a load indicator assembly in order to permit measurement of the amount of fluid in the container as th... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4116290 | Spoon-shaped spring scale A spoon-shaped spring scale having a hollow handle on one end and a closed spoon-shaped bowl for the material to be weighed on the other end, a tube-shaped housing telescopically sliding within the hollow handle with a tension spring scale within the holl... | 09/26/1978 |
