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REAL-TIME WEIGHING DEVICE FOR USE WITH HOSPITAL BED

Application Number: 20130146371
Publication Date: 2013-06-13
Inventor: SHIH, PAO MING

A real-time weighing device for use with hospital bed includes a bed frame; a support plate spread on a top of the bed frame and made of a light but rigid enough material; a plurality of load cells uniformly distributed between the bed frame and the support plate for measuring a weight value of a patient lying on the support plate; and a processing element electrically connected to the load cells for collecting, sorting and calculating values of weight measured by the load cells to derive data ...

HANDLE INTEGRATED SCALE

Application Number: 20130140097
Publication Date: 2013-06-06
Inventors: Zyman Beer, Jacobo; Zyman, Alex

A handle integrated scale configured to fixedly attach to a liftable element that allows a user to ascertain the weight of said liftable element based on the amount of force exerted onto the handle integrated scale from the liftable element as it is ...

Apparatus, Method and System for Generating an Optical Code with Authenticatable Information

Application Number: 20130133958
Publication Date: 2013-05-30
Inventor: CROOKS, JOHN

An apparatus, method and system is provided for generating an optical code where a portion of the information stored in the optical code is encrypted prior to being stored in the optical code. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a portion of the information stored in the optical code is encrypted to prevent the fraudulent creation of an optical code or use of the optical code on an item it was not created for or indented to be used ...

Gun Safe

Application Number: 20130133558
Publication Date: 2013-05-30
Inventor: Andrews, Thomas

A gun safe is configured to be mounted underneath a portion of an item of furniture and to be deployable from a storage position underneath the portion of the item of furniture into a readily-accessible position adjacent the item of furniture. The gun safe includes a lockable container sized to receive a weapon therein and an articulating mount configured to secure the lockable container underneath the portion of the item of furniture in the storage position. The articulating mount includes a ...

LOAD CELL AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF

Application Number: 20130126249
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Buttolph, Martin Edwy

In one aspect, column load cells are described herein. In some embodiments, a column load cell comprises a load bearing column, a plurality of first strain gauges coupled to surfaces of the load bearing column for determining axial strain and a load receiving surface comprising a plurality of load guides, the load guides substantially aligned with the first strain ...

WEIGHING DEVICE

Application Number: 20130126248
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: ISHIDA CO., LTD.,

A weighing device includes a weighing unit, a camera, an identifying unit, a product weight calculation unit, a label printer unit, a person sensor and a shopper-side notification unit. The weighing unit measures weight of a container and a product therein selected by a shopper to produce a weight value. The camera detects the size of the container. The identifying unit identifies the container based on size. The product weight calculation unit subtracts weight of the identified container from ...

WASHING MACHINE WITH WEIGHT SENSING UNIT

Application Number: 20130125595
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: SEO, Bosung; OH, Sooyoung; KIM, Changoh; IM, Myunghun

A washing machine having a weight sensing unit comprises a cabinet forming an appearance, a tub disposed within the cabinet, springs installed between the tub and a frame of the cabinet, and a weight sensing unit disposed on the frame of the cabinet, one end of the springs being coupled to the weight sensing unit. The weight sensing unit comprises a case coupled to the frame of the cabinet, a load cell supported with being received in the case, and a pressure distributing member mounted on the ...