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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1996
Christopher DeBarber, Woodbury, CT (US);
Gerald C Freeman, Norwalk, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A dimensional weighing apparatus is disclosed which has a weighing scale for determining the actual weight of a carton placed thereon, and associated therewith is a measuring frame having movable carton contact means for measuring the linear distance of the three axes of a carton positioned on the scale necessary to determine the volume of the carton. A computer processing means determines firstly whether the actual volume of the carton is less or greater than a predetermined threshold volume, and if greater, calculates a dimensional weight of the carton and compares the dimensional weight of the carton with the actual weight to determine which weight is the larger, and sends a signal indicative of the larger weight to a shipping system which calculates a realistic shipping charge for the carton based on the weight determined by the dimensional weighing apparatus to be the larger of the two weights.