Commodity display for weighing scale
US4423486A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 30, 1981 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01G23/42
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A combined weighing scale and label printer for weighing a packaged commodity (15) includes a scale (10), a keyboard (60), a display (70), a controller (40) and a label printer (30). Memory means (170) within the controller contains a commodity name and other relevant product information. The operator may interrogate the memory means by a keyboard entry at any time to obtain a human-readable verification of the commodity name prior to printing a label (80). Since the commodity name may be longer than the individual elements which comprise the display means, the commodity may be displayed in a rotating or running fashion from right to left.
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