Patents by Inventor Edwin Ellner

Edwin Ellner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4047006
    Abstract: An electronic postage scale for providing an indication of the requisite postage for a parcel in accordance with the weight, class of shipment and destination zone of the parcel includes a weight data generator for generating a digital representation of the weight of the parcel upon which postage is determined. A memory has a plurality of individual storge sections corresponding to the classes of shipment. Each storage section includes a two-dimensional array of storage locations, each storage location storing postage data representations corresponding to the postage required for the particular weight of the parcel and the destination zone. Each storage location is accessible by a first dimension address that is defined by the parcel destination zone and by a second dimension address which is defined by the parcel weight. A storage section is individually addressed in accordance with a selected class of shipment. Switches are provided for the manual selection of the class of shipment and the destination zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1977
    Assignee: Better Packages, Inc.
    Inventor: Edwin Ellner