Weighing and identification system

• US 3,393,757 A
• Filed: 10/01/1965
• Issued: 07/23/1968
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lawrence A. Tonies
• Original Assignee: Lawrence A. Tonies
• Inventors: Tonies, Lawrence A.
• Application Number:
  US04/492,246
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• US Class Current: 177/3
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/047 using electrical weight-sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 3/147 involving digital counting

Claims

1. A WEIGHTING AN IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR A SERIES OF MOVING CARS EACH OF WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH CODED MARKINGS INDICATIVE OF THE CAR TARE WEIGHT COMPRISING A SCANNER POSITIONED ADJACENT TO THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE CARS TO PRODUCE CODED PULSES CORRESPONDING TO SAID CODED MARKINGS AS CARS MOVES PAST THE SCANNER, A MEMORY UNIT RECEIVING THE CODED PULSES FROM THE SCANNER, A WEIGHING STATION IN THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE CARS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SCANNER, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE GROSS WEIGHT OF A CAR AT THE WEIGHTING STATION TO PRODUCE A CODED DIGITAL INDICATION OF THE CAR GROSS WEIGHT, AND ADDING DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE MEMORY UNIT AND THE WEIGHT RESPONSIVE MEANS TO SUBSTRACT THE WEIGHT FROM THE GROSS WEIGHT, MEANS OPERABLE WHEN A CAR IS AT THE WEIGHTING STATION TO PRODUCE A CONTROL SIGNALS, AND MEANS TO SUPPLY THE CONTROL SIGNAL TO THE MEMORY UNIT TO CAUSE THE CODED PULSES STORED THEREIN TO BE TRANSMITTED TO THE ADDING DEVICE.