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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:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven P Ehrhardt, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Hi-Speed Checkweigher Co., Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
177145 ; 177-1 ; 177 12 ; 177 2513 ; 177 50 ; 177119 ; 364567 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for an in-motion weighing system which includes a package conveyor, a weigh pan, a package detector positioned adjacent to the conveyor and upstream from the weigh pan, a timer for determining the time required for a package to pass by the package detector, means for storing the time required for a point on the conveyor to transition the weigh pan, means for subtracting the package passing time from the weigh pan transition time for establishing a read scale window, and a means for measuring the average weight of a package on the weigh pan during the read scale window.