John G O'Callaghan

US Patent:

6949710, Sep 27, 2005

Filed:

Mar 1, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/087446

Inventors:

Walter Conard - Lake Villa IL, US
Patrick Casher - North Aurora IL, US
John O'Callaghan - Skokie IL, US
Daniel Gibbons - Arlington Heights IL, US
Fredrick Hegland - Lake Zurich IL, US
Roy Schoon - Glenview IL, US
George Rabindran - Davie FL, US

Assignee:

Bowe Bell + Howell Postage Systems Company - Lincolnwood IL

International Classification:

G01G019/413

US Classification:

177 2515, 177145, 705407

Abstract:

An apparatus and method to individually weigh continuously fed mail pieces wherein each mail piece is configured in a vertical orientation and fed through the weighing system in seriatim. The apparatus contains a scale transport assembly for transporting mail pieces seriatim, a mail piece channel pathway assembly for maintaining the vertical orientation of individual mail pieces, a load cell assembly for measuring the mail piece weight, an x-y table assembly for allowing position adjustments of the weighing system, data collection circuitry, and a support module. The apparatus can be used in conjunction with bulk mail processing systems or it can be used independently.