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Food product scale and related in-store random weight item transaction system with RFID

  • US 8,600,819 B2
  • Filed: 08/04/2009
  • Issued: 12/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A food product scale comprising:

  • a housing;

    a label supply location within the housing;

    a print head located within the housing along a label path for printing indicia on labels passing thereby;

    a label RF unit for reading and/or writing label RFID tags on labels, the label RF unit positioned downstream of the print head along the label path so as to read and/or write label RFID tags after printing on the labels carrying the label RFID tags has been effected by the print head; and

    a controller associated with the print head and the label RF unit for operation thereof;

    wherein a peel bar is located for separating labels from label stock, the label RF unit is located downstream of the label peel bar;

    a weighing station for receiving an item to be weighed;

    the controller operable to establish a price for a weighed item based in part upon a weight indicative signal produced by the weighing station.

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