Weight recording system

Claim 1

IN A WEIGHING SYSTEM HAVING A SCALE INCLUDING A DISPLACEABLE LOAD-SUPPORTING PART, A CIRCUIT HAVING A SERIES OF ELECTRICALLY ACTUATABLE, BI-STABLE DEVICES ARRANGED IN PARALLEL CURRENT PATHS TO RESPECTIVELY REPRESENT A SERIES OF DIGITS IN EACH OF A PLURALITY OF ORDERS OF A MULTI-DIGIT NUMBER, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO DISPLACEMENT OF SAID LOAD-SUPPORTING PART BY A LOAD APPLIED THERETO FOR ACTUATING A PRE-SELECTED ONE OF SAID BI-STABLE DEVICES IN RESPECTIVE ONES OF AND RETAINING THE WEIGHT OF SAID LOAD, MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF MOVABLE ELEMENTS FOR SCANNING THE CONDITION OF SAID SERIES OF BI-STABLE DEVICES IN RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID ORDERS, A PLURALITY OF INDEXABLE TYPE CARRIERS EACH CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID ELEMENTS FOR COORDINATED MOVEMENT THEREWITH, TYPE ON SAID CARRIERS FOR PRINTING OUT SELECTED DIGITS IN THE ORDER ASSOCIATED WITH THE ONES OF SAID ELEMENT TO WHICH THE CARRIERS ARE CONNECTED, MOTOR MEANS ENERGIZABLE TO MOVE EACH ELEMENT AND TO SIMULTANEOUSLY INDEX THE CARRIER CONNECTED THERETO, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE DETECTION OF AN ACTUATED BI-STABLE DEVICE IN EACH ORDER BY SCANNING SAID DEVICES IN THE VARIOUS ORDERS WITH SAID ELEMENTS FOR DEENERGIZING SAID MOTOR MEANS TO CEASE INDEXING OF SAID CARRIERS AT PRINTING POSITIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE WEIGHT OF SAID LOAD.