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Elevator hitch load weighing tare compensation

US5345042A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 1992
Grant dateSep 6, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01G23/01
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an elevator hitch load weighing assembly, a load cell provides an analog load signal to a summer 12, where an analog tare compensation signal is subtracted from the load signal prior to a compensated load signal being provided to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 20; the digital load signal is provided to a remaining tare subtractor 26 where tare remaining in the digital load signal is subtracted and a payload provided.

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