Apparatus for counting articles by weight
OwnerDuncan Johnson, David Littleinventors
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Abstract
Articles such as bank notes or coins are counted by weighing them on a weighing machine (100). The weighing machine does not itself have the capability to compute the number of items by dividing the total weight by a nominal weight. Instead this and related functions are carried out by an independent computer (105) which has been programmed with dedicated software. This enables the weighing machine (100) per se to be cheaper and simpler and the combined apparatus has numerous advantages including greater versatility.
Claims7
Apparatus for counting articles by weight comprising, in combination, a weighing machine (100) adapted to provide electronic output signals proportional to a number of articles of similar weight placed on the weighing machine, means (106) for establishing a connection between the weighing machine (100) and a computer (105) independent of the weighing machine and a computer program adapted to program said computer (105) inter alia to receive and to interpret the said output signals and to display a value corresponding with the number of articles placed on the weighting machine (100) characterized in that the weighing machine (100) is a computer peripheral which has no means for converting weight into displayed numerical values.
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