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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J Moran, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
USM Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G / ; G01G / ; G01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
177-1 ; 177 25 ; 177114 ; 177165 ;
Abstract
An improved method of taking tare weights is provided for automatic weighing machines. Periodically, the sequence of weighing cycles is interrupted in order that a tare cycle may be executed. During the tare cycle, all the weighing buckets of the weighing machine which were emptied in the last weighing cycle are weighed in their empty state. The new values for the tare weights are stored and the old values are discarded. By introducing a tare cycle between successive weighing cycles, all weighing buckets are available in each weighing cycle for finding the best combination.