Automatic conveyor and weighing system

Claim 1

A CONVEYOR AND AUTOMATIC WEIGHING SCALE COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR WEIGHING A PLURALITY OF ARTICLES IN SUCCESSION ON THE PLATFORM OF AN AUTOMATIC SCALE INCLUDING A CYCLICALLY OPERABLE CONVEYOR HAVING ARTICLE HANDLING MEANS ARRANGED TO MOVE A SUCCESSION OF SAID ARTICLES ONTO THE SCALE PLATFORM AND MEANS FOR RECORDING THE WEIGHT OF EACH SAID ARTICLE AND PRINTING A RECORD THEREOF, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING NORMALLY CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING CONVEYOR DRIVEN MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID CONVEYOR, SENSING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID SCALE IN BALANCE WITH A LOAD THEREON OR, ALTERNATIVELY, TO AN UNBALANCED CONDITION OF SAID SCALE INDICATIVE OF THE PRESENCE OF AN UNWEIGHED LOAD ON SAID PLATFORM, CYCLING CONTROL SWITCH MEANS FOR SAID DRIVE MEANS OPERABLE IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID CONVEYOR FOR ENERGIZING SAID DRIVE MEANS AND OPERABLE TO DEENERGIZE SAID DRIVE MEANS PRIOR TO THE END OF ITS CYCLE, SECOND SWITCH MEANS CONNECTED IN PARALLEL WITH SAID CYCLING CONTROL SWITCH MEANS OPERATED BY SAID SENSING MEANS TO ENERGIZE SAID CONVEYOR DRIVE MEANS AND MAINTAINING SAID CONVEYOIR DRIVE MEANS IN SAID CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING CONDITION INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID CYCLING CONTROL SWITCH MEANS, MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY INITATING THE OPERATION OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WHEN SAID SCALE HAS COME TO BALANCE WITH A WEIGHT THEREON, AND SWITCH MEANS DRIVEN BY A CAM OPERATING IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID CONVEYOR DRIVE MEANS FOR PREVENTING THE OPERATION OF SAID INITIATING MEANS WHEN SAID CONVEYOR ARTICLE HANDLING MEANS IS IN CONTACT WITH AN ARTICLE ON SAID WEIGHING PLATFORM.