| 6998542 |
Scale |
| Feb-14-2006 |
The invention relates to a device to be used for the sale of goods in a store. Said device comprises a unit for generating goods-related signals, a unit for generating identification signals, which represent... |
| 6983883 |
System and method for weighing and tracking freight |
| Jan-10-2006 |
In a freight shipment system and method, the lift trucks used by the freight carrier for handling and loading freight shipments are equipped with a weighing device capable of weighing each piece of freight... |
| 6982388 |
Food product scale with customer voice prompting and related methods |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A food product scale system includes a customer detecting functionality and a voice functionality for outputting one or more audible voice messages when a customer is detected. When a customer is at a... |
| 6972384 |
Internet scale |
| Dec-6-2005 |
The invention disclosed consists of an Internet scale, which is comprised of a weighing platform with an integrated Internet connection/browser means. This scale will allow the connectivity and communication... |
| 6970094 |
Remotely accessible combination weighing apparatus and combination weighing system |
| Nov-29-2005 |
In a combination weighing system, a connection is established by Internet between a combination weighing apparatus comprising a weighing machine control portion for setting an operating condition of a... |
| 6960730 |
Downloadable digital rate calculating scale |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A downloadable postage rate calculating device including a platform for receiving a parcel and providing a weight for the parcel, and a processor configured to receive current rates information downloaded... |
| 6947912 |
Method and arrangement for controlling a dynamic scale |
| Sep-20-2005 |
In a method and arrangement for controlling a dynamic scale, the conveying speed of a conveyor belt for items of mail in the dynamic operating mode is independent of the format of the pieces of mail. During... |
| 6907409 |
Method and arrangement for determining a weight with a dynamic scale |
| Jun-14-2005 |
A dynamic scale has a conveyor, a weighing pan, a weighing cell, sensors and an electronic control unit that, in addition to controlling the conveyor means (4), implements an evaluation of a number measured... |
| 6901388 |
Method and system for metering mixed weight mail pieces at an increased average rate |
| May-31-2005 |
A method for printing indicia on mailpieces at an increased average speed. The system includes: a postal scale for determining a postage amount for a mail piece; a printer; and a postage meter responsive... |
| 6900396 |
Device for handling individual processes |
| May-31-2005 |
The invention pertains to a device, especially a measuring device, for handling individual processes, in the course of which at least one value is generated, with a characterization unit, which can be... |
| 6884946 |
Scale for weighing and determining a price of an item |
| Apr-26-2005 |
A scale for weighing an item and determining a price for the item includes a weighing station for receiving the item, the weighing station producing at least one weight indicative signal. A scale controller... |
| 6839697 |
System and method for weighing items such as mailpieces in the presence of external vibration |
| Jan-4-2005 |
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... |
| 6777624 |
Electronic balance with a remote error reporting via the internet and a display for informing a user of corrective measures from a remote service center |
| Aug-17-2004 |
An electronic balance provided with a self-diagnosis function comprises a connection port for connecting the electronic balance to an external communication terminal. When a self-diagnosis function is... |
| 6759602 |
Apparatus and method for weighing mailpieces in motion |
| Jul-6-2004 |
A method for weighing mailpieces while in motion in a mailpiece weighing system. The weigh pan in the mailpiece horizontal transport path generates a signal corresponding to a weight of the moving mailpiece,... |
| 6725206 |
Cashierless shopping store and components for use therein |
| Apr-20-2004 |
A cashierless shopping store includes a plurality of shopping carts into which selected items to be purchased are placed by shoppers. Each of the shopping carts includes a weight detector to measure the... |
| 6674416 |
Small-sized sensor |
| Jan-6-2004 |
A photoelectric sensor 11 has a level display unit (28). The level display unit (28) is constituted by arranging a plurality of 7-segment indicators (33). The 7-segment indicators (33) are partially constituted... |
| 6580037 |
Method and system for remote error reporting on weighing equipment |
| Jun-17-2003 |
A method and system are provided for remotely reporting errors on weighing equipment. The reporting system provides error and diagnostic information for one or more scales to a central service center.... |
| 6571223 |
System and method generating postal/carrier rates using encoded information |
| May-27-2003 |
A system and method for computing postal/carrier rates encodes a weight value for an item to be shipped or mailed in bar code form. The bar code is scanned, at a different location, to input the weight... |
| 6559391 |
Method for controlling a fast dynamic scale |
| May-6-2003 |
In a method for the control of a fast dynamic scale a first operating mode controls the transport device for transport of postal matter to a further processing station, a measurement with a weighing cell... |
| 6496275 |
Character printing method and device |
| Dec-17-2002 |
There are provided a character printing method and device. There are defined print size alternatives to be selectively set to a print size of a printing area of a printing object on which is to be printed... |
| 6488207 |
Bar code reader, scaling device and scaling method |
| Dec-3-2002 |
A bar code reader includes bar code processing units (10, 11) for generating a bright/dark pattern forming a bar code (40) by optically scanning a bar code forming surface of an object (4), converting... |
| 6462286 |
Electronic postage scale system and method |
| Oct-8-2002 |
In an improved postage scale system, soft-selection keys are used for selecting options including shipping service options provided by the system. The display on such a system is adjustable for comfortable... |
| 6384348 |
Packing error detecting system |
| May-7-2002 |
The information of sales items is transmitted from a cash register 1 to a sensing device 2 and stored in a sales items memory 26. In the sensing device 2, a commodities information memory 25 stores the... |
| 6237007 |
Verification of port list integrity in a hardware description language file |
| May-22-2001 |
A method and computer readable medium are provided for analyzing the integrity of a port list for a component and instantiated modules in a hardware description language file. An example of a hardware... |
| 6215078 |
Method and apparatus for determining a stable weight measurement for use in a security software application of a self-service checkout terminal |
| Apr-10-2001 |
A method of operating a retail terminal having a weight scale associated therewith includes the step of executing a security software application so as to provide security to the retail terminal during... |
| 5918197 |
Monitor for collecting data on consumer consumption of disposable sheet products |
| Jun-29-1999 |
A monitor for collecting data on consumer consumption of disposable sheet products is disclosed. The monitor comprises a working surface capable of supporting a stack of sheets thereon, a weight sensor,... |
| 5808912 |
Method for dimensional weighing utilizing point determination |
| Sep-15-1998 |
The invention is a method for measuring the dimensions of a parcel through point determination which is initiated by placing a parcel on a weighing scale within a field of measurement which comprises a... |
| 5606508 |
Assembly for franking postal matter |
| Feb-25-1997 |
A system for franking postal matter comprises a control module, a printer module, a memory connected to the control module, a receiving device connected with the memory for receiving data transmitted via... |
| 5508946 |
Electronic balance displaying weights in selected units |
| Apr-16-1996 |
An electronic balance, capable of displaying a weight value in different units, includes a first memory device for storing a plurality of units which can be selected, a menu key for causing the contents... |
| 4932485 |
Electronic scale device with printer for retail stores |
| Jun-12-1990 |
An electronic scale device which measures weight of an item and calculates a price of the item by multiplying the weight of the item by a unit price of the item, and has printing device for printing out... |
| 4928229 |
Label printer |
| May-22-1990 |
The label printer comprises at least two printing units and a control unit. Each printing unit can print a specific label under the control of the control unit. The label is printed with information concerning... |
| 4901237 |
Electronic scale system |
| Feb-13-1990 |
An electronic scale system having a plurality of electronic scales each having a device for entering and storing merchandise data with respect to many articles of merchandise. The stored merchandise data... |
| 4879650 |
POS register system with combined optical scanner and weighing machine |
| Nov-7-1989 |
A point-of-sale register system includes an electronic cash register connected to a central inventory control unit to serve as a terminal device of a point-of-sale system: an optical scanner, which is... |
| 4836309 |
Electronic weighing instrument |
| Jun-6-1989 |
An electronic weighing instrument includes an IC card reading and writing device. An IC card is inserted into the IC card reading and writing device, and as a commodity to be weighed is designated by inputting,... |
| 4835719 |
Method for monitoring payload |
| May-30-1989 |
A payload monitoring system of a work vehicle includes a software controlled method of predicting when one additional bucketload of material will properly fill the vehicle to its rated capacity. The system... |
| 4712929 |
Label printer with variable format |
| Dec-15-1987 |
A printer operatively associated with an electronic weigher includes an input unit having numeric keys or format keys, a memory device storing a plurality of programs for controlling positions at which... |
| 4655304 |
Counting in-line system |
| Apr-7-1987 |
In counting in-line system of the invention, a center machine and a plurality of scales are in-line connected, centralized control of transaction data per each weighed or non-weighed article registered... |
| 4563739 |
Inventory and business management system which accounts for the contents of full and partially filled product containers |
| Jan-7-1986 |
A computer based system is used for taking inventory and obtaining inventory reports on numerous products which are dispensed in full containers or in quantities from partially filled containers. Each... |
| 4530065 |
Hybrid digital-analog measurement and control system |
| Jul-16-1985 |
A measurement and control system including a digital computer, a digital to analog converter for providing an analog data signal from digital data from the computer, a command sample and hold for holding... |
| 4509608 |
Method of selecting electronic scale operating mode, and electronic scale using said method |
| Apr-9-1985 |
A method of selecting the operating mode of an electronic scale, and an electronic scale using said method, wherein either a computing mode or a checking mode is selected and operation is executed based... |
| 4460428 |
Scaling and labeling apparatus |
| Jul-17-1984 |
This invention relating to an improvement of a scaling and labeling apparatus which is assembled to a packing machine for automatically or semiautomatically packing the product, scaling the packed product... |
| 4386994 |
Conveyor control apparatus in a fully automatic labeling system |
| Jun-7-1983 |
A fully automatic labeling system having a sending-in conveyor, a weighing conveyor and a sticking conveyor which have their operations controlled independently of one another. This invention controls... |
| 4310893 |
Digital scale |
| Jan-12-1982 |
This invention relates to an improved digital scale arrangement which employs apparatus for generating an electrical analog signal representing the weight on the scale mechanism. The analog signal is then... |
| 4301878 |
Computing scale with label issuing scheme |
| Nov-24-1981 |
A computing scale with a label issuing system comprises an electronic weighing portion employing a load cell of a strain gage type and a label issuing portion. The label issuing portion comprises a printer... |
| 4266623 |
Price calculating balance with aimed price input |
| May-12-1981 |
A price calculating balance which includes in addition to circuitry for storing the measured weight of a product and unit price and multiplying the weight by the unit price, circuitry for storing an aimed... |
| 4212074 |
Weight measuring method and apparatus thereof |
| Jul-8-1980 |
A weight measuring apparatus comprises a load cell for generating an analog signal corresponding to load applied, and A/D converter for converting an output signal from the load cell into a digital signal,... |
| 4204197 |
Digital scale |
| May-20-1980 |
The invention relates to a scale system which employs a microcomputer forming an integral part of the analog to digital conversion means in which the microcomputer controls the sequence of operations for... |
| 4063604 |
Computing scale and method |
| Dec-20-1977 |
Highly accurate and versatile computing scale which is particularly suitable for postal use. The platform of the scale is mounted on and supported by a single load cell in a system requiring no levers,... |
| 3974887 |
Computing weighing scale with optional sale by unit label printing with no goods on the weighing platform as precondition |
| Aug-17-1976 |
An apparatus allowing the ticket printer of a computing scale to be used for printing normal weight, value and price per unit weight labels or alternately for printing labels indicating a manually entered... |
| 3961747 |
Commodity identification apparatus |
| Jun-8-1976 |
A commodity identification key carrying apertures arranged in rows and columns for organization of commodity identification, parity checking, and clock control information, provision for manually controlled... |
