Patent ID: 6037548
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A47F,G01G,G07G

Abstract:
Scales, comprising:an electronics box whose topside is covered by a weighing plate,a data processing and control unit in said electronics box,an operating area and a display area on said electronics box,a projecting structure attached to a front side of the electronics box, said projecting structure including a console-shaped keypad surface,an input for a data source element in a vertical front wall of said electronics box below said keypad surface, wherein said data source element is selected from the group consisting of:at least one chipcard reader andat least one identity card reader andat least one floppy disk drive andat least one drive for optical memory media andat least one card receptacle conforming to the PCMCIA standard,a front area of the keypad surface being bent away downward, anda projecting structure of said electronics box on which said keypad surface is mounted so that said keypad surface can pivot about a pivot axis which extends at and is parallel to a rear edge of said keypad surface between a position in which its front, bent-away area latches over the vertical front wall, and a position which exposes the vertical front wall.