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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7282653 | Weighing devices A piece of luggage, rucksack or satchel is provided having a pair of spaced shoulder straps. At least one strap has a stress/strain unit to monitor the stress/strain in the strap as the piece is worn on the shoulder of a user. The at least one strap also has an indi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7156918 | Weighing devices A weighing device (10) for providing a indication of the weight of a piece of luggage (5), the device comprising load bearing means (11) adapted to be placed on or form part of the carry means of the piece of luggage (H) and indicator means (... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7005587 | Load cell including angular and lateral decoupling A load cell includes a first element, a second element and a sensor measuring force between the first and second elements along a first axis. In some embodiments, lateral and angular decoupling is provided by the provision of a convex surface between the first and s... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6907876 | Dispensing apparatus comprising a dosage counting device The present invention relates to dispensing apparatus comprising a housing (10) for receiving a pressurised container (15) containing product for dispensation, series of markings (172) indicative of quantities of product in the container, indica... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6376783 | Removable electronic scale cartridge, and a system and method which uses the scale cartridge to compute postal/carrier rates An electronic scale cartridge plugs into a piece of office equipment and/or a portable electronic device to provide a weight signal to be used in computing a postal or private carrier rate. The piece of office equipment may be a personal computer or one o... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6148668 | Gas grill tank scale An apparatus for indicating the amount of fuel in a fuel tank for a barbecue grill is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first housing member having indicator marks on an indicator wall thereof, a second housing member slidably engaging the first housing... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5672851 | Gauge having vertically suspended mainspring An improved gauge, such as a floor scale. The gauge includes a vertically suspended mainspring having a bracket for hanging and providing support to the mainspring.... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5421433 | Elevator load-weighing at car hitch The invention obtains the weight of an elevator car in a manner which is minimally dependent on the distribution of the load within the cab by means of a load cell and support sandwiched between a first and second plate, the load being shared between the ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5319162 | Means for measuring container contents An improved container which includes means for measuring the amount of material in the container.... | 06/07/1994 |
| 3990526 | Weighing scales with vertical guidance means A set of weighing scales comprising a moving part able to move vertically relative to a fixed part and serving to support the load against the action of an elastic balancing device. Its guidance device comprises at least three sets of roller trains extend... | 11/09/1976 |
