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A film extolling the virtues of the ‘speedweigh’ weighing machine, invented by Ted Coubray. Graphics depict how badly weighed products can lose profits or customers. Footage shows how the speedweigh works, using tea packers as demonstrators. Close ups of working parts.
0:04:46 Intertitles: “Speedweigh” logo ... “speed ... accuracy”.
0:04:56 “Today more than ever packaging must be done speedily! but more particularly with hair-splitting accuracy!”
0:05:20 “It is a fact that over your scales passes your capital”.
0:06:07 “No system of accountancy can trace this loss”.
0:06:45 “Its hygienic”.
0:07:19 “Its Original! Positive action supplied by the beam movement”.
0:07:31 “Its Adaptable. This system of feed effectively handles various weights & various commodities”,
0:08:10 “Its reliable - just those few extra grains to make exact weight”.
0:08:21 “Its sensitive! This small quantity ... this large displacement ... protection against underweight & overweight ... underweight that endangers your priceless goodwill (door will not open) ... overweight that steals your profits (door opens but will not close)”
0:09:03 “The Speed-weigh watches your interests”.
0:09:29 “Its logical that your way will be the Speed-weigh”.
0:09:54 Ends.