Patent ID: 8178796

Claim:
A mail processing system comprising: a transport system for transporting a mail piece along a transport path of the mail processing system; a weighing module for weighing the mail piece being transported along the transport path, the weighing module including a load cell for determining a weight of the mail piece and a weighing platform supported by the load cell, the weighing platform for supporting the mail piece being weighed by the load cell; a subsequent module located downstream along the transport path from the weighing module; and a guide piece located along the transport path between the weighing module and the subsequent module, the guide piece being physically separate from the weighing platform and the load cell, the guide piece adapted to cause a trail edge of a mail piece leaving the weighing platform to impart a reduced force on the weighing platform before the trail edge of the mail piece has passed a downstream end of the weighing platform as the mail piece is transported downstream.