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Computing postal scale

  • US 3,951,221 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1974
  • Issued: 04/20/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computing postal scale:

  • a base, at least one load cell mounted on the base and adapted to provide an electrical signal corresponding to the force applied thereto, load receiving means mounted on the load cell and supported thereby, said load receiving means having an area substantially larger than the load cell for receiving objects to be posted, means responsive to the signal from the load cell for providing digital signals representative of the weight of an object received by the load receiving means, means for storing postal rate information in digital form, and means for combining the rate information with the signals representative of weight to provide a signal representative of the cost of sending the object.

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