ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,520, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to BIZERBA SE & Co. KG (Balingen, Germany).
"Conveyor belt scales comprising a metal detector" was invented by Thomas Kern (Hildesheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor belt scales for transporting goods includes: a feed belt; a weighing belt; and a removal belt. The weighing belt is supported on a load cell that detects a weight of the goods transported by the weighing belt. The conveyor belt scales further has a metal detector, which includes a transmitter coil and a receiver coil. The transmitter coil and the receiver coil are each a planar coil."
The patent was filed on Dec. ...