Better Packages, Inc.

Edwin Ellner

An electronic postage scale for providing an indication of the requisite postage for a parcel in accordance with the weight, class of shipment and destination zone of the parcel includes a weight data generator for generating a digital representation of the weight of the parcel upon which postage is determined. A memory has a plurality of individual storge sections corresponding to the classes of shipment. Each storage section includes a two-dimensional array of storage locations, each storage location storing postage data representations corresponding to the postage required for the particular weight of the parcel and the destination zone. Each storage location is accessible by a first dimension address that is defined by the parcel destination zone and by a second dimension address which is defined by the parcel weight. A storage section is individually addressed in accordance with a selected class of shipment. Switches are provided for the manual selection of the class of shipment and the destination zone. The stored postage data at an addressed storage location is read out and is displayed. Calibration and drive means are provided to automatically calibrate the weight data generator and to enable the proper generation of a digitized parcel weight to thereby minimize errors in determining the postage.

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Oxford, CT, United States of America

Edwin Ellner