Conveyed product weight display system

A method of correcting the weights of off-weight food products within a continuous supply of the food products and adapted to receive strips of bacon supported by carrier cards, comprising the steps of successively conveying a series of food products to an endless conveyor weighing scale positioned to weigh each food product as the food product passes across the scale, sensing the weight of each food product with the scale, successively conveying the series of weighed food products from the weighing scale along a generally linear path of an endless conveyor, positioning an elongated scrolling message display unit adjacent the linear path of the conveyor, displaying on the display unit weight information characters corresponding to the weights of the food products sensed by the scale, and moving the weight information characters corresponding to the weights of the food products longitudinally on the display unit and in synchronism with the flow of the food products along the linear path of the conveyor to provide for efficiently correcting the weight of each off-weight food product according to a predetermined weight for the product while the food products are moving on the conveyor.

Apparatus for weighing a series of successively supplied products having variation in weights and for displaying information corresponding to the weight of each product, comprising an endless conveyor weighing scale positioned to receive each product and for weighing the product as the product passes across said scale, an endless conveyor positioned to receive the series of weighed products from said weighing scale and for successively conveying the products along a generally linear path, an elongated scrolling message display unit extending adjacent and generally parallel to said linear path of said conveyor, and said display unit being effective to move weight information characters corresponding to the weight of each product longitudinally along said display unit and in synchronism with the movement of the corresponding product along said linear path of said conveyor to provide for conveniently and efficiently correcting the off-weight products according to a predetermined weight for the product while the products are moving on said conveyor.