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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger B Williams, Jr, Sylvania, OH (US);
Richard C Loshbough, Temperance, MI (US);
Assignee:
Reliance Electric Company, Pepper Pike, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G / ; G01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
23515133 ; 177165 ; 177D / ;
Abstract
In a plural scale system such as a parts counter having a minor scale for measuring the weight of a known number of sample parts and a major scale for measuring the weight of an unknown number of parts to be counted, apparatus for indicating when the scales are zeroed. Circuitry is provided for automatically correcting the weight outputs from each scale for a limited amount of zero errors. A digital display indicates the corrected weight on one of the scales. When the corrected weight on any of the other scales is on zero, an indicator light associated with such scale is illuminated.