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Portable weighing system with alignment features

US8304670B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 26, 2010
Grant dateNov 6, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 9, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01G19/027
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for weighing a load is disclosed. The weighing system includes a pad having at least one transducer for weighing a load disposed on the pad. In some embodiments the pad has a plurality of foot members and the weighing system may include a plate that disposed underneath the pad for receiving the plurality of foot member and for aligning the foot members when the weighing system is installed. The weighing system may include a spacer disposed adjacent the pad and in some embodiments, a spacer anchor operatively secures the spacer to a support surface, such as a plate, a railway bed, or a roadway. In some embodiments the spacer anchor operatively secures both the spacer and the pad to a roadway.

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