US3205956A
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Weighing scale
Assignee: Toledo Scale Corp
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Filing: 1963-10-17
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Granted: 1965-09-14
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Expires: 1983-10-17
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert E Bell
- 👤 Donald B Kendall
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 12:43
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F7/00; G06F7/60; G06F7/62; G01; G01G; G01G19/00; G01G19/40; G01G19/413; G01G19/414; G01G19/415
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
IN A SYSTEM FOR WEIGHING, COMPUTING AND PRINTING A RECORD OF THE WEIGHT AND VALUE OF EACH OF A PLURALITY OF SUCCESSIVELY WEIGHED LOADS, THE COMBINATION OF A SCALE INCLUDING A WEIGHING MECHANISM ADAPTED TO BE DEFLECTED AWAY FROM A ZERO REFERENCE POSITION IN PROPORTION TO THE WEIGHT OF A LOAD APPLIED TO THE SCALE TO BALANCE POSITION CORRESPONDING TO SAID LOAD; SCANNING MEANS ADAPTED TO MEASURE SAID DEFLECTION; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SAID BALANCE POSITION FOR INITIATING THE OPERATION OF SAID SCANNING MEANS; SAID BALANCE RESPONSIVE MEANS BEING FURTHER OPERATIVE TO RE-INITIATE SAID SCANNING OPERATION IN RESPONSE TO A MOVEMENT OF SAID WEIGHING MEANS DUEING A SCANNING OPERATION; COMPUTER MEANS FOR COMPUTING AND STORING THE VALUE OF EACH WEIGHED LOAD FROM SAID MEASUREMENT: AND MEANS FOR STORING SAID VALUE FROM SAID COMPUTER STORAGE INCLUDING PRINTING MEANS FOR PRINTING A RECORD OF SAID VALUE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
146 words
IN A SYSTEM FOR WEIGHING, COMPUTING AND PRINTING A RECORD OF THE WEIGHT AND VALUE OF EACH OF A PLURALITY OF SUCCESSIVELY WEIGHED LOADS, THE COMBINATION OF A SCALE INCLUDING A WEIGHING MECHANISM ADAPTED TO BE DEFLECTED AWAY FROM A ZERO REFERENCE POSITION IN PROPORTION TO THE WEIGHT OF A LOAD APPLIED TO THE SCALE TO BALANCE POSITION CORRESPONDING TO SAID LOAD; SCANNING MEANS ADAPTED TO MEASURE SAID DEFLECTION; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SAID BALANCE POSITION FOR INITIATING THE OPERATION OF SAID SCANNING MEANS; SAID BALANCE RESPONSIVE MEANS BEING FURTHER OPERATIVE TO RE-INITIATE SAID SCANNING OPERATION IN RESPONSE TO A MOVEMENT OF SAID WEIGHING MEANS DUEING A SCANNING OPERATION; COMPUTER MEANS FOR COMPUTING AND STORING THE VALUE OF EACH WEIGHED LOAD FROM SAID MEASUREMENT: AND MEANS FOR STORING SAID VALUE FROM SAID COMPUTER STORAGE INCLUDING PRINTING MEANS FOR PRINTING A RECORD OF SAID VALUE.
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