Automatic weigher with separately controlled type setting and label printing means

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY WEIGHING AN ARTICLE PLACED IN WEIGHING POSITION AND PRINTING DATA INCORPORATING A WEIGHT FACTOR, COMPRISING WEIGHING MECHANISM, SENSING APPARATUS WHICH IS ACTUATED UPON ATTAINMENT OF A BALANCE POSITION BY THE WEIGHING MECHANISM, MEANS UNDER CONTROL OF THE SENSING APPARATUS FOR STORING THE DATA TO BE PRINTED, MEANS ACTUATED UPON THE STORING OF SUCH DATA FOR RESETTING TYPE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH DATA, PRINTING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PRINTING A LABEL FROM SAID TYPE UPON THE RESETTING OF SAID TYPE, CONTROL APPARATUS WHICH IS CONDITIONED, UPON OPERATION OF SAID PRINTING APPARATUS TO PRINT A LABEL FROM SAID TYPE, TO DISABLE SAID PRINTING APPARATUS FROM PRINTING A NEW LABEL UPON RESETTING OF SAID TYPE, AND MEANS ACTUATED, UPON WITHDRAWAL OF THE PRINTED LABEL BY THE OPERATOR, TO RECONDITION THE CONTROL APPARATUS IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE ITS DISABLING ACTION UPON THE PRINTING APPARATUS.