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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7710714 | Housing for scale or load cell controller A housing for a scale or load cell controller suitable for use in harsh environments. The housing includes a moisture-resistant front display unit coupled to a rear interface and mounting unit. The front display unit includes a front housing, a back housing, and a f... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7430491 | Tractor-trailer having self-contained apparatus on-board tractor for estimating trailer weight A method and system for estimating weight of a trailer (10) being towed by a tractor (22) along a generally horizontal underlying surface. A portion of the trailer weight is borne on the tractor fifth wheel (26) and the remainder by rear wheels ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7241955 | Method and apparatus for weighing divided portions An apparatus and method for automatically weighing portions of semi-solid matter using a weigh station having a rotating receptacle which receives the portion so that an accurate weight indication of the portion can be taken, and propels the portion from the weigh s... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7053318 | Machine for weighing and sorting pieces of fruit and the like The machine has a regular structure symmetrical with respect to a central axis and provided with limiting end faces, said structure being disposed with its horizontal axis rotatably supported on its axis of symmetry on the frame of the machine, and bearing a plurali... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6964550 | Chain conveyor in the form of scales A chain conveyor for gravimetrically measuring/dosing materials, especially bulk materials. The conveyor includes a housing/trough in which at least two chain conveyors with strip-shaped driving elements attached thereto rotate, wherein a measuring bridge that is su... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6839697 | System and method for weighing items such as mailpieces in the presence of external vibration A system and method for weighing of items such as mailpieces in the presence of external vibration such as ground noise. The system includes a scale system having a platform connected to a load cell, which provides an output signal to an analog-to-digital converter.... | 01/04/2005 |
| 5914463 | Low cost dimensional determining system A dimensional weighing apparatus is disclosed which has a weighing scale for determining the actual weight of a carton placed thereon, and associated therewith is a measuring frame and an optical sensing system for measuring the linear distance of the thr... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5644492 | Method for compensation of weighing errors in an electronic scale Correction coefficients which permit effective linearization of an electronic scale over a measurement range may be determined by loading the scale individually and in combination with loads, at least one of the loads being unknown and uncalibrated.... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5591942 | Temperature-compensated belt scale An integrating system for measuring the total weight of material moved by an endless belt conveyor over a weighing scale. The system compensates for the effect of temperature upon the dimensions of the structures that transmit belt loading forces to the l... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5321634 | Automatic thin-film measuring apparatus In an automatic thin-film measuring apparatus, the zero point of a precision balance is corrected according to directions from a data processing unit before and after the weight of a semiconductor substrate is measured, the surface temperature of the semi... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5224815 | Industrial truck with a monitoring apparatus for the loading state An industrial truck designed, for example, as a counterweight fork lift truck has a lifting stand 2, which is pivotable around a tilting axis N situated crosswise to the vehicular longitudinal axis in the front area of the vehicle in a lifting stand suppo... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5038973 | Vessel balance Vessel balance for bulk material having a tubular balance section for feed therethrough of bulk material. The balance is adapted during feed intervals of the bulk material to enable determination of the weight thereof. The section cooperates with a feed f... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4967384 | Highly accurate weighing system A microprocessor-based system (18) for weighing large objects, such as aircraft, at a number of points is disclosed. A plurality of load sensing units (10) each contain a strain gauges (50), analog amplification and calibration circuits (54), filtering ci... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4914611 | Force measuring device A force measuring device, such as a weighing device, having device for automatically compensating for temperature-induced zero and span deviations. The device includes force and temperature sensors for producing force and temperature indicative signals, r... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4716978 | Paper monitoring system A system for monitoring paper consumption in association with a web printing press having the capability of monitoring paper delivered to the press from multiple rolls. An input waste scale having a waste bin thereon provides for the continuous registrati... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4700792 | Indication method in balance with item indicator The present invention provides effective utilization of an item indicator by storing messages to be indicated by the item indicator in a memory and indicating the messages stored in the memory on the item indicator when data from a balancing section becom... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4629392 | System for batch loading coal into railroad cars A method for loading particles, such as coal, into a plurality of railroad cars wherein a control weight of a railroad car loaded with particles is established. Each of the railroad cars is weighed prior to loading particles into the railroad car from a w... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4487278 | Instrument for providing automatic measurement of test weight An instrument for automatically and accurately determining the "test weight" of grain, utilizes a confined column having a constant cross sectional area with means for sequentially dumping a plurality of batches of grain from the column and weighing the b... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4484645 | Combination weighing machine with article feed controlled by average weight of articles in non-selected weighing machines An automatically controlled combination weighing machine, which is generally used for packing a plurality of articles in each bag or the like so that each bag contains a predetermined weight of articles, the machine possesses a plurality of weighing units... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4482022 | Electronic balance with load placement deviation correction An electronic balance includes a pan, a first means for measuring a load normally applied to the pan, a second means for detecting a possible deviation of the load acting point from the required point on the pan, a third means for correcting an error in t... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4465150 | Device for charging weighed out articles into container in automatic weighing apparatus A device for smoothly charging weighed out articles from an automatic weighing apparatus into a container formed of a plurality of contiguous vessels or container sections. The charging device comprises a shutter plate mounted in close proximity to the up... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4420051 | Weighing apparatus A weighing apparatus which has a plurality of lines for conveying and weighing including means for continuously conveying a group of articles to be weighed, and which are thrown in either automatically or manually, means for sequentially weighing the grou... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4407108 | Apparatus and method for powder bagging Apparatus and method for automatically filling bags, which have been automatically formed on a vertical-form-fill-seal machine, with a predetermined weight of particulate material, said apparatus comprising a feeder means including a weighing means for me... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4366874 | Device for measuring the magnitude of a force applied to the free end of a cantilever beam The device includes: a set of four strain-gauges mounted on a cantilevered beam, which gauges are electrically connected among themselves in the form of a bridge (9), in a manner such that said bridge produces an output voltage (ƊV) which is a function o... | 01/04/1983 |
