System to determine if vehicle correctly positioned during weighting, scale ticket data system and methods for using same
First Claim
1. A method comprising the following steps:
- a. providing a vehicle weighing scale having;
a vehicle weighing area for weighing an unloaded vehicle having a plurality of vehicle axles, wherein the vehicle weighing area has a vehicle entry edge and a vehicle exit edge;
a first vehicle axle counter unit which is positioned to count the number of vehicle axles which pass completely over the vehicle entry edge; and
a second vehicle axle counter unit which is positioned to count the number of vehicle axles which pass completely over the vehicle exit edge; and
b. activating the first vehicle axle counter unit to count the number of vehicle axles which pass completely over the vehicle entry edge before weighing of the unloaded vehicle;
c. activating the second vehicle axle counter unit to count the number of vehicle axles which pass completely over the vehicle exit edge after weighing of the unloaded vehicle; and
d. generating a scale ticket which records the number of vehicle axles counted by the first and second counter units in the vehicle weighing system such that;
(i) when the number of vehicle axles counted by the first and second counter units are the same, the unloaded vehicle is correctly positioned in the vehicle weighing area; and
(ii) when the number of vehicle axles counted by the first and second counter units are different, the unloaded vehicle is incorrectly positioned in the vehicle weighing area.
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Abstract
A vehicle weighing system for counting the number of vehicle axles before and after weighing of an unloaded vehicle to determine if the unloaded vehicle is correctly positioned during weighing, as well as method for generating a scale ticket to record vehicle axle count data from the vehicle weighing system. Also, a scale ticket data system with a plurality of such scale tickets and a scale ticket electronic database which collects the scale tickets and identifies those scale tickets corresponding to unloaded and weighed vehicles which are correctly or incorrectly positioned during weighing, as well as a method for querying the scale ticket electronic database to identify those scale tickets corresponding to unloaded and weighed vehicles which are correctly or incorrectly positioned during weighing.
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1. A method comprising the following steps:
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a. providing a vehicle weighing scale having; a vehicle weighing area for weighing an unloaded vehicle having a plurality of vehicle axles, wherein the vehicle weighing area has a vehicle entry edge and a vehicle exit edge; a first vehicle axle counter unit which is positioned to count the number of vehicle axles which pass completely over the vehicle entry edge; and a second vehicle axle counter unit which is positioned to count the number of vehicle axles which pass completely over the vehicle exit edge; and b. activating the first vehicle axle counter unit to count the number of vehicle axles which pass completely over the vehicle entry edge before weighing of the unloaded vehicle; c. activating the second vehicle axle counter unit to count the number of vehicle axles which pass completely over the vehicle exit edge after weighing of the unloaded vehicle; and d. generating a scale ticket which records the number of vehicle axles counted by the first and second counter units in the vehicle weighing system such that;
(i) when the number of vehicle axles counted by the first and second counter units are the same, the unloaded vehicle is correctly positioned in the vehicle weighing area; and
(ii) when the number of vehicle axles counted by the first and second counter units are different, the unloaded vehicle is incorrectly positioned in the vehicle weighing area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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