Patent ID: 7601923

Claim:
A weighing system to measure the weight of articles; comprising: a first weight measurement device including a first platform adapted to accept an article traveling along an upstream processing path and defining a first weight acquisition path; second weight measurement device including a second platform adapted to accept an article traveling along the upstream processing path and defining a second weight acquisition path; the first and second weight acquisition paths being arranged in parallel with respect to each other; each of the first and second weight measurement devices, furthermore, adapted to convey the articles across the first and second platforms and including a means for sensing weight as an article traverses the respective weight acquisition path; and, a diverter mechanism operative to divert articles from the upstream processing path to one of the first or second weight acquisition paths wherein one of the weight measurement devices is disposed vertically above the other of the weight measurement devices such that one weight acquisition path is disposed vertically above the other weight acquisition path and wherein one of the weight measurement devices is segmented into a primary and second scale segment, the primary scale segment operative to measure the weight of an article of a first dimension, and the primary and secondary scale segments operative to cooperatively measure the weight of an article of a second dimension, the second dimension being larger than the first dimension.