Apparatus for weighing a load with a pair of summing bars and suspension straps
US5616889A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S177/09
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A summing bar suspension scale having a platform for supporting objects to be weighed, a frame, weighing bars, a weighing arm assembly, and a pair of summing bar assemblies. One of the summing bar assemblies is connected to one of the weighing bars and to the weighing arm assembly and the other summing bar assembly is connected to the other weighing bar. Strap assemblies are connected to a platform support assembly, the weighing bars and the frame and summing bar strap assemblies are connected to the summing bar assemblies so that the summing bar assemblies are rotated in response to rotation of the weighing bars by an object being disposed on the platform.
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