Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Premark Feg L.l.c.

Randy L Blankley, Jr

Robert S Davis

James E Highley, Jr

Fredrick D Knoop

Jill Marie Broering

Debra L Dyer

John A Dusing

Tong Jin Kim

Juan C Guzman

Randall L Redman

Hung B Nguyen

Nikhil Mathew

A printing device includes a thermal printhead with a plurality of print elements. A controller is configured to identify an out of specification status of at least one print element, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether printing of a specific print field requires use of the print element having the out of specification status and, if so, to determine whether a print location of the specific print field can be shifted such that the print element having out of specification status will be one of (i) aligned with a gap in the specific print field or (ii) offset to one side of the specific print field. A weighing scale incorporating the printing device is also provided.

Label printer with barcode shifting and scale incorporating such a label printer

A weighing apparatus includes a load cell assembly with an elongated load cell body including a first three dimensional coordinate orientation defined by a first X-axis, a first Y-axis and a first Z-axis. An accelerometer unit is operatively connected to the elongated load cell body and having a second three-dimensional coordinate orientation defined by a second X-axis, a second Y-axis and a second Z-axis. A memory unit is mounted on the elongated load cell body, the memory unit storing data for aligning the second three-dimensional coordinate orientation of the accelerometer unit with the first three-dimensional coordinate orientation of the elongated load cell body.

Weighing apparatus with alignment of accelerometer coordinate system and load cell coordinate system and related method

A scale includes a weigh station for receiving items to be weighed, an operator interface configured to display information associated with scale operations and a controller operably coupled to the operator interface to effect display of information. The operator interface may be in the form of a touch-screen display that is used to facilitate ease of use and scale adjustment.

Food product scale

Portion of a display screen with graphical user interface

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Kettering, OH, United States of America

Randy L Blankley, Jr