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Weighing apparatus

US5336853A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 13, 1992
Grant dateAug 9, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B1/32
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Weighing apparatus includes support means to support the article to be weighed, a pair of screws fixedly mounted on the support means and a base member movable relative to the screws between a first position in which the base member is spaced from the bottom of the article and a second position in which the base member is in contact with the article. Screw receiving members are threadably mounted on the screws and are connected to the base member. Upon rotation of the screw receiving members, the base member is moved between the first and second positions.

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