DIMENSIONAL WEIGHING APPARATUS

摘要

A dimensional weighing apparatus is disclosed which has a weighing s calefor determining the actual weight of a carton placed thereon, and associated therewith is a measuring frame having movable carton contact means for measu ringthe linear distance of the three axes of a carton po sitioned on the scale necessary to determine the volume of the carton. A computer processing means determines firstly whether the actual volume of the carton is less or greater than a predetermined threshold volume, and if greater, calculates a dimensional wei ght of the carton and compares the dimensional weight of the carton with the actual weight to determine which weight is the larger and sends a signal indicative of the larger weight to a shipping system which calculates a realistic shipping charge for thecarton based on the weight determined by the dimensi onal weighing apparatus to be the larger of the two weights.