Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7214891 | Method and apparatus for printing merchandising information A weighing scale which includes a label printer for printing labels having a detachable portion. A label cassette is easily inserted or removed from the weighing scale. The label cassette is changed depending on the type of label to be printed. Standard labels can b... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214892 | Scale lever assembly The present invention discloses a weighing scale having a lever assembly which includes a pair of levers. Each lever has first and second pivotal ends and an intermediate region for engaging a weight sensing mechanism. A platform is provided upon the lever assembly.... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7053319 | Electronic weighing apparatus utilizing surface acoustic waves using sensors operating at different frequencies, having temperature compensation, and a push oscillator A weighing apparatus includes a SAW oscillator and a “push oscillator” to force the SAW oscillator into a desired mode of operation. A SAW temperature oscillator and a thermistor are also provided. The frequency of the “push oscillator” is made immune to tem... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7012540 | Mobile working machine provided with stability monitoring The invention relates to a mobile working machine, particularly a mobile concrete pump, comprising a device for monitoring the stability thereof when in operation. The working machine comprises a chassis (10), which contains a supporting structure with two fr... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7002084 | Modular sealed portable digital electronic controller An electronic digital controller, such as a load cell indicator, is disclosed in which a number of components, such as a circuit board, display, and keypad are placed within an enclosure, and the enclosure is bonded closed, such as using an adhesive, to render the e... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6923449 | Baffle seal with removable ring element, and balance equipped with the baffle seal A baffle seal at the opening (31) for the load-transmitting member (20) in a balance housing (30) has at least one sleeve-shaped ring element (11, 110), fastener means (23) attached to the housing (30) and serving to hold th... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6787530 | Use of pregnane-diones as analgesic agents A composition when used as an analgesic comprising a metabolite of a compound of Formula II wherein R1 is H or Me, R2 is OH, R3 is H; or R2 and R3, taken together, are O; R | 09/07/2004 |
| 5801338 | Scale bearing insert A platform weighing scale includes a base with vertical corner stands and a weight supporting platform including depending corner bearings. A weight sensing apparatus is supported on the base corner stands and supports the weight supporting platform so th... | 09/01/1998 |
| 4957177 | Enclosed moment-insensitive load cell A dual beam moment-insensitive load cell is hermetically sealed in a bellows or partial-bellows enclosure. The enclosure may have convolutions over substantially its entire length which permits it to flex easily in the direction of load cell bending. The ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4729443 | Weighing scale with protection and secondary checking system A protection and secondary checking system for a weighing scale having a scale platform which is spaced peripherally from a support to form an intervening space. The protection and secondary checking system is supported on both the scale platform and the ... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4609061 | Enclosed system for weighing The present invention relates to an enclosed system for weighing with vibrator-operated dosing means and enclosed balance (12). Between the dosing means and the balance (12) is an oil lock (6). The vibrator is entirely enclosed in a non-magnetic, sealed, ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4526246 | Water-resistant weighing apparatus Water-resistant weighing apparatus comprising a load cell having a plate, one or more beams with fixed ends connected to the plate and strain sensing means on the beams. A platter is supported by the beams for receiving a load applied between the plate an... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4469147 | Non-influencing spout for a weighing feed system A novel seal, weighing tube and filling tube for a weighing feed system spout advantageously used for simultaneously filling and weighing bags with particulate material. The seal is an annularly shaped non-resilient member installed between the exit ends ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4453607 | Weight scale with side load protection The base of a weigh scale includes openings in the bottom thereof at each corner. The base is raised above a supporting surface by way of rigid foot members aligned with the openings in the corners of the base. Load cells in the form of deflection beams e... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4396079 | Weighing system A low profile scale utilizes four strain gage-based sensing beams which are isolated from mechanically or thermally-induced distortions on the weighing platform by means of interposed elastic elements. The platform is capable of moving upwardly relative t... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4285412 | Scale protected against the ingress of dust and water Scale protected against ingress of dust and water in which elements of the scale which are always present in any scale are combined with extremely simple additional mechanical means in order to achieve the desired protection, comprising a measuring system... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4280577 | Temperature-protected weighing apparatus with bearing enclosure Weighing apparatus of the electromagnetic load compensation type is disclosed including a pivoted transmission lever that connects the compensation coil for movement relative to the stationary permanent magnet field in accordance with the displacement of ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4253534 | Splash-resistant scale A weight scale is made splash resistant from being splashed by liquids. Means is also disclosed for making the weight scale vapor resistant. The scale includes a housing on a column on a base and a force-to-electrical output transducer is mounted enclosed... | 03/03/1981 |
