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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rudolf Bachmann, Bertschikon, CH;
Beat Hartmann, Effretikon, CH;
Assignee:
Mettler-Toledo AG, Greifensee, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G / ; G01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
177 2513 ; 177 50 ; 364567 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for initiating a weighing scale operation, including a quick start program operable either by the tare key of the weighing scale or by the application of a load to the load-receiving member of the scale to by-pass a start-up test program, and to connect directly a weighing program to a display, thereby to avoid the display and confirmation of a start-up test program. Upon the reenergization of the signal processing unit following a power failure, the test program is automatically displayed on the display device.