Patent ID: 6947912

Claim:
A method for controlling a dynamic scale for processing mixed postal items having respectively different formats, said dynamic scale having a motor-driven conveyor for moving a postal item, in a dynamic operating mode, in succession with continuous movement through an entry region of the scale, a weighing pan, and a discharge region of the scale, said method comprising the steps of: in said dynamic operating mode, supplying a piece of mall, having a weight, to said entry region of the scale at a predetermined regulated conveying speed which is independent of the format of the piece of mail, and conveying said piece of mail through said entry region of the scale to said weighing pan; deactivating regulation of the conveying speed during a measuring time range while said postal item is conveyed without a stoppage through said weighing pan, so that said conveying speed is dependent on said weight of said item and with no controlled reduction of said conveying speed, and obtaining a weight measurement of said postal item, for allowing said weight measurement to be obtained in said dynamic operating mode with said postal item moving at a speed other than said predetermined regulated conveying speed; and after said measuring time span, re-activating regulation of the conveying speed and moving said postal item at said predetermined regulated conveying speed from said weighing pan through said discharge region of said scale.