Patent · US Expired

Heavy duty industrial scale

US4066140A · kind A · utility

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33Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 15, 1976
Grant dateJan 3, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 15, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01G19/021
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A plurality of mounts carry a weighbridge or platform. Each mount has a transducer that carries the mounts portion of the load and indicates weight by strain in shear. The weighbridge loads a horizontal cross pin. The pin, in turn, loads a link that loads a second, integrally connected link. The second link loads the middle of the transducer of the mount in shear. The transducer and cross pin lie orthogonally. The ground rigidly supports the ends of the transducer. The links coupling the transducer and cross pin transmit only vertical forces to the transducer to load the latter only in shear and permit horizontal movement of the weighbridge.

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