Apparatus for determining the dimensions, weight and density of objects

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE DENSITY OF AN OBJECT COMPRISING A DIMENSION GAUGAING STATION INCLUDING MEANS FOR DETERMINING THE DIMENSIONS OF SAID OBJECT TO DETERMINE ITS VOLUME, A WEIGHING STATION INCLUDING WEIGHING MEANS FOR WEIGHING SAID OBJECT, INDEXING MEANS OF THE TYPE THAT HAS A STANDBY CONDITION AND A FIRST CONDITION AND IS ACTUABLE TO PASS THROUGH A CYCLE FROM SAID STANDBY CONDITION TO SAID FIRST CONDITION AND BACK TO SAID STANDBY CONDITION, SAID INDEXING MEANS OPERATING BY EXERTING ADVANCING FORCES ON SAID OBJECT THROUGHOUT SAID CYCLE BUT BEING MECHANICALLY UNLOCKED FROM SAID OBJECT THROUGHOUT SAID CYCLE, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INDEXING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID INDEXING MEANS FROM SAID STANDBY TO SAID FIRST CONDITION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID INDEXING MEANS AS IT IS ACTUATED FROM SAID STANDBY TO SAID FIRST CONDITION TO EXERT A FORCE ON SAID OBJECT FOR ADVANCING SAID OBJECT TO ONE OF SAID STATIONS, MEANS CONNECTED TO THE MEANS INCLUDED IN SAID ONE STATION AND TO SAID INDEXING MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO THE COMPLETION OF THE PROCESSING OF SAID OBJECT AT SAID ONE STATION FOR ACTUATING SAID INDEXING MEANS FROM SAID FIRST CONDITION TO SAID STANDBY CONDITION, SAID INDEXING MEANS AGAIN EXERTING A FORCE ON SAID OBJECT FOR ADVANCING SAID OBJECT FROM SAID ONE STATION TO SAID OTHER STATION AS SAID INDEXING MEANS IS SO ACTUATED, SAID OBJECT BEING DISENGAGED FROM SAID INDEXING MEANS IN EACH OF SAID STATIONS, AND COMPUTER MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID DIMENSION DETERMINING MEANS AND TO SAID WEIGHING MEANS FOR DETERMINING THE DENSITY OF SAID OBJECT.