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Patent No.:

US 8710380 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2009

Apparatus and method for weighing an item of mail during transport through a sorting installation and having an anti-vibration device

Applicant:

Jürgen Francke, Berlin, DE;

Inventor:

Jürgen Francke, Berlin, DE;

Assignee:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Attorneys:

Laurence A. Greenberg

Werner H. Stemer

Ralph E. Locher

Primary Examiner:

Randy W Gibson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 19/00 (2006.01); B07C 5/18 (2006.01); B65G 15/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus and a method weigh an object, in particular a flat item of mail, during transport. A conveying device having an endless conveying belt and a counterpart conveying element is able to temporarily grip an object in a clamping region and to transport it in a transporting direction. Weighing scales are able to weigh the object while the object is gripped in a clamping region. The damping element is configured to damp vibrations of an object gripped in the clamping region. The damping element has a surface which is curved in the transporting direction. The endless conveying belt is guided in such a way around the curved surface that the endless conveying belt rests areally against the curved surface in a damping region and the endless conveying belt and the counterpart conveying element are configured to guide the object gripped in the clamping region past the curved surface.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Francke, Jürgen. (2014). Apparatus and method for weighing an item of mail during transport through a sorting installation and having an anti-vibration device (U.S. Patent No. 8710380). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8710380

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