ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,614, issued on July 8, was assigned to YAMATO SCALE Co. LTD. (Akashi, Japan).
"Combination scale with protective cover" was invented by Takaaki Kawashima (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination scale is provided that includes a plurality of weighing conveyers arranged in a row, a collection conveyer, and a protective cover. The weighing conveyers transports items to be weighed that are manually supplied. The collection conveyer transports the items discharged from the weighing conveyers along a direction of arrangement of the weighing conveyers. The protective cover is disposed on an outer side of transport-startin...