Patent ID: 7592552

Claim:
A weighing device including: (a) a load sensor for receiving a weight to be measured; (b) a force sensor operatively connected to the load sensor for producing an analog signal representative of the weight acting on the load sensor; (c) an analog/digital converter having a force sensor input connected to receive the analog signal and also having a reset input, the analog/digital converter for performing a conversion process responsive to a signal at the reset input, the conversion process converting the analog signal into a digital signal; (d) a controller connected to receive the digital signal through a data output of the analog/digital converter; and (e) a synchronization input in position on the weighing device to receive an external synchronization signal which originates externally to the weighing device, wherein the reset input of the analog/digital converter is either connected directly to the synchronization input or is connected indirectly to the synchronization input through an intermediate component of the weighing device.