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8153911 Dynamically weighing mail pieces in real time within an automated destination bar code sorter machine by temporarily accelerating the mail piece and capturing resulting closed loop motor torque sample data  
Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving at high speed, and for checking that the correct amount of postage has been paid for delivery of the...
8129635 Weighing a moving object using captured torque data  
Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving at high speed. An article (900) is received from an intake transport (1200), and gripped in a...
8055456 Method of monitoring and/or determining the condition of a force-measuring device, and force-measuring device  
An interior space of the at least one housing of a force-measuring device is filled with a gas composition that is distinguishable in at least one parameter from the ambient atmosphere. A sensor...
8030582 Bottoming detection weighing scale and method of controlling weighing scale  
A body weighing machine (100) is provided with a distance measuring sensor (30) at the central position (C) of a base plate unit (50). A CPU (10) measures the body weight of a human subject. The...
8013261 Method and device for determining the mass of postal articles transferred in succession along a path  
Method and device for determining the mass of postal articles transferred in succession; according to the method, the postal articles are transferred along a path having a change of direction,...
8006551 Methods and compositions for removing residues and substances from substrates using environmentally friendly solvents  
Environmentally friendly solvents used to dissolve or remove residues and/or substances from substrates wherein the residue and/or substance is contacted with a Generally Recognized As Safe solvent...
7979116 Body composition measuring instrument for recognizing changes in body composition  
A body composition measuring instrument includes a body composition calculating unit for calculating the body composition of a user by using a plurality of electrodes, a reference value storage...
7928328 Weighing machine  
A weighing machine having a weighing platform includes a detection unit for outputting a detection voltage depending on a load acting on the measuring platform; a first data generation unit for A-D...
7886230 Scale with automatic offline indication and related method  
A scale and associated methods automatically identify when a food product pricing scale is in an offline condition and changes a color condition on the scale display to alert scale operators of the...
7838781 System for determining the mass of an item in motion  
A method (51) for measuring the mass of an object such as a letter (10) in motion. An apparatus (12) for carrying out the present invention includes a pair of rollers (16, 18) through which a...
7820923 Method and apparatus for weighing moving articles  
A weigh-on-the-fly WOF module for weighing a mail piece as it is being sorted by a mail sort machine. The piece is delivered to entry pinch rollers in the WOF module which, in turn, deliver the...
7816612 Rotary measuring device  
A rotary measuring device includes a measuring unit, a centrifugal force error calculation block, and a weight value calculation block. The measuring unit includes a measuring plate and a load...
7795547 Method of weight determination of a load carried by a lifter of a lifting device and weighing device  
A method of weight determination of a load carried by a lifter (1) of a lifting device (2) is based on at least one upward and one downward displacement of the lifter (1) by means of a hydraulic...
7767915 Weighing device, in particular, multiple-track weighing device  
A weighing device with several weighing cells which are rigidly interconnected, and which have a load sensor with a predetermined load insertion direction, with at least one acceleration sensor and...
7732716 Weighing device and method based on difference measurement  
The invention provides a weighing device for a production machine or installation and a method for weighing piece goods from a production machine or installation, which can be implemented in a...
7687727 Weigh on the fly  
Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving, for example along a transport path (FIG. 2). In one embodiment, a weigh station comprises a servo...
7640130 Systems and methods for verification of a verifiable device  
Systems and methods for effectuating verification and certification of verifiable devices. Preferably, but not necessarily, such certification occurs or is communicated remotely. A verifiable...
7620521 Dynamic weight sensing and classification of vehicular occupants  
Arrangement and method for classifying an occupying item in a seat includes at least one force sensor arranged to measure the force applied to the seat at time intervals, and a processor coupled to...
7612301 Method for weighing an ambulance cot by supporting it on a scale by two wheels and a kickstand  
A method of weighing a patient on a platform scale comprising carrying the patient upon an ambulance cot having first and second pairs of wheels, and a kickstand having a lowered position and a...
RE40797 Batching of objects  
A prospect is generated for filling a batch with at least one item having at least one characteristic property. The prospect is used to assign an item to a batch having at least one batch shortage...
7550681 Method and apparatus for measuring weight of CNC workpieces  
This invention discloses a method and apparatus for measuring the weight of a CNC workpiece. As the weight of the workpiece on a loading platform increases, the loading of a driving module which...
7503353 Method for statistic weighing of a product introduced into containers in a filling machine  
According to a method for statistical weighing of a product supplied by a plurality of nozzles into containers, an empty container, belonging to a withdrawing group, is withdrawn to define an empty...
7497137 Method of monitoring and/or determining the condition of a force-measuring device, and force-measuring device  
In a method for monitoring and/or determining the condition of a force-measuring device with at least one housing that has an interior space and with at least one force-measuring cell installed in...
7459644 Digital measurement apparatus  
Disclosed is a digital measurement apparatus including data capture means operable to continuously capture digital data about a target measurement item, validity determination means operable to...
7432453 Apparatus and method for providing spatially-selective on-line mass or volume measurements of manufactured articles  
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for mass and/or volume measurements of manufactured articles. More particularly, this invention relates to a method and apparatus for mass and/or...
7430491 Tractor-trailer having self-contained apparatus on-board tractor for estimating trailer weight  
A method and system for estimating weight of a trailer (10) being towed by a tractor (22) along a generally horizontal underlying surface. A portion of the trailer weight is borne on the tractor...
7430467 Regulating method for a motor vehicle seat  
A regulating method is provided for a motor vehicle seat. According to the method, the ideal seat position data associated with a vehicle user is recorded in a seat data memory. The respective...
7361850 Method and apparatus for counting items in a container  
A method for determining the quantity of items in a container is described, where each item has the same nominal weight located between upper and lower weight limits. The method comprises the...
7339122 Weighing module having portions arranged within the design space of another weighing module  
A device to weigh objects of like nature has at least a first weighing module and a second weighing module. Each weighing module includes a load receiver and a weighing cell connected to each other...
7316169 Load bearing device including overload indicator  
Load-bearing devices, each including an overload indicator of the present invention interconnecting load bearing connectors, preferably elongated load bearing connectors are provided. In preferred...
7297879 Method and apparatus for determining the mass of an article using a load cell  
A method of determining the mass of a mail piece using a load cell. A mail piece whose mass is to be determined is transported across a platform without stopping or slowing the mail piece. A load...
7285735 Method of measuring the weight of bulk liquid material within a trailer  
Method of measuring the weight of bulk liquid material within a container of a tractor-trailer combination in which air bag pressure of a pneumatic suspension system is sensed and correlated with...
7250577 Device for weighing substantially uniform weighing objects  
A device to weigh substantially uniform weighing objects has a plurality of weighing modules and an equal number of load carriers that have central lengthwise axes extending in the direction of the...
7247801 System and method for fast weighing of items such as mailpieces  
A system and method for fast weighing of items such as mailpieces. The system includes a scale system having a platform connected to a load cell that provides an output signal to an...
7211745 Precision harvesting and analysis techniques for crops  
A method for weighing a crop is disclosed. The method includes (a) loading a crop into a container using a crop transport apparatus, (b) temporarily stopping the crop transport apparatus from...
7193162 Method for assessing the operation of a conveying apparatus  
The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for measuring the weight of material such as rock, earth, wood, pulp, grain, gravel, sand, ore, cement etc. being processed or moved by...
7166808 Apparatus for measuring the weight force of a load processed by a machine  
An apparatus is provided for measuring the weight force of a bale in a baler wherein the bale moves between a first position, within the baling chamber, and a second position, within a wrapping...
7161096 Mass measurement system and method using inertial force and standard mass in gravity-free environment  
The mass measurement system includes a linear acceleration motion unit that is a linear motion driving source, a first load cell fastened to the linear acceleration motion unit to measure an...
7098410 Weighing module for weighing on the fly  
A weighing module comprising a weighing platform incorporating a weighing cell and a motorized drive belt for transporting a mail item from one side to the other of the weighing platform, means for...
7098409 Apparatus for weighing materials online  
An apparatus for weighing materials online is disclosed, which belongs to an art of online weighing of material. The apparatus comprises: a light-emitting unit, emitting light beams irradiating on...
7096152 Method and apparatus for determining weight of moving mailpieces  
The invention pertains to a mailpiece weight measuring apparatus for use with a high speed automatic mailpiece processing system. The weight measuring apparatus measures the inertial mass of the...
7041914 Method for compensation of near-neighbor sample effects in a NMR check weighing system  
A method (10) for reducing or eliminating the effects of proximate samples on the NMR measurement of the mass of a test sample in a NMR check weighing system (24) for samples on a production line....
7032466 Load bearing device including overboard indicator  
A load-bearing device including an overload indicator and a wire form overload indicator are provided for interconnection of load bearing connectors, preferably elongated load bearing connectors,...
6958451 Apparatus and method for measuring weight of an occupying item of a seat  
Arrangement and method for determining weight of an occupying item in a seat including one or more weight sensors arranged to obtain a measurement of the force applied to the seat, a forcing...
6956175 Weighing apparatus and method  
A scale including an event data discrimination and collection system for continuously monitoring a weight of an infant placed on the scale platen, which may be configured as a bed. Load cells are...
6888073 Vibration absorbing system of micro gravity rotating apparatus  
A substance mass measuring system is applied to a microgravitational rotating apparatus vibration control system to easily measure the mass of an object placed in an experimental box. Recess...
6861592 Method for weighing mail pieces  
A method is provided for weighing a series of mail pieces such as letters, flats or a mixture thereof, that are being conveyed through a weighing module. Each mail piece has a length which falls...
6839694 System and method for weighing items such as mailpieces in the presence of external vibration  
A system and method for weighing of items such as mailpieces in the presence of external vibration such as ground noise. The system includes a scale system having a platform connected to a load...
6825423 Method and system for weighing items such as mail pieces  
A weighing system and a postage metering system including such a weighing system. The weighing system includes a transport assembly having a transport for receiving and outputting mail pieces to be...
6820033 Method and apparatus for estimating the weight of horses  
A method and an apparatus for estimating the weight of horses. To estimate the weight of a horse, a girth, a length, and a height of the horse are measured. The measurements can be taken with...