Drying scale with moveable radiating source and a method performed by the drying scale

US6255603A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Shartorious AG · DE

Inventors

• Wilfried Spannagel · Oettingen, DE
• August Heine · Bodensee, DE
• Norbert Winkler · Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 24, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 3, 2001
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01G19/52
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A drying scale is provided that contains a housing, a weighing system, a scale pan, a carriage, and a radiating source. The weighing system is disposed within the housing for weighing a sample, and a scale pan is operably supported by the weighing system and contains the sample to be weighed. The carriage moves between a loading position, and a radiating source is disposed within said carriage. The carriage exposes the scale pan when said carriage is in the loading position and moves the radiating source over at least part of the scale pan such that the radiates heat and dries the sample when the carriage is in the drying position. Also, the weighing system and the scale pan are fixedly disposed with respect to the housing, and the carriage and the radiating source move relative to the housing between the loading position and the drying position. In addition, a method performed by the drying scale is also provided.