Apparatus for weighing a moving object

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR WEIGHING A MOVING VEHICLE COMPRISING PLATFORM MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID VEHICLE, MEANS ACTUATABLE BY SAID PLATFORM MEANS TO RECORD THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE, FIRST TIMING MEANS OPERABLE FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME UPON ACTUATION, SECOND TIMING MEANS OPERABLE FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME UPON ACTUATION, MEANS TO ACTUATE SAID SECOND TIMING MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PERIOD OF OPERATION OF THE FIRST TIMING MEANS, FIRST CONTROL MEANS ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED BY A VEHICLE TO BE WEIGHED WHEN THE VEHICLE PASSES A SELECTED POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE PLATFORM MEANS, SAID FIRST CONTROL MEANS ADAPTED TO INITIATE OPERATION OF THE FIRST TIMING MEANS WHEN OPERATED, SECOND CONTROL MEANS POSITIONED TO BE OPERATED BY THE VEHICLE SUBSEQUENT TO SAID VEHICLE''S OPERATION OF THE FIRST CONTROL MEANS, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID FIRST TIMING MEANS AND SAID SECOND CONTROL MEANS TO PREVENT RECORDING OF VEHICLE WEIGHT WHEN THE SECOND CONTROL MEANS IS OPERATED DURING THE PERIOD OF OPERATION OF THE FIRST TIMING MEANS, AND SIGNAL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID SECOND TIMING MEANS AND SAID SECOND CONTROL MEANS TO SIGNAL WHEN THE SECOND CONTROL MEANS IS OPERATED DURING THE PERIOD OF OPERATION OF THE SECOND TIMING MEANS, WHEREBY WHEN THE D SPEED OF A VEHICLE IS GREATER THAN A PREDETERMINED VALUE NO WEIGHT WILL BE RECORDED THEREFOR; AND WHEN THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE IS WITHIN A PREDETERMINED RANGE BELOW SAID PREDTERMINED VALUE A SIGNAL WILL BE GIVEN.