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Modular weighing scale that allows a weighing cell to be mounted inside a base in two different orthogonal orientations

US9752921B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Mettler-Toledo (Albstadt) GmbH · DE

Inventors

Dieter Kontschak · Winterlingen, DE
Walter Holike · Geislingen, DE
Xinwei Su · 安丰镇, CN
Holger Moritz · Holzgerlingen, DE
Walter Ehresmann · Albstadt, DE
Edgar Kempf · Inzigkofen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 24, 2015
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 1, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01G21/28
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A weighing scale (30a, 30b, 40, 50) is designed for use in a first and a second configuration. In the first configuration, a base unit (1) has a main plane disposed horizontally with a load receiver (32, 42, 52) extending parallel thereto. A weighing cell (2) is mounted under the load receiver in the base unit and measures a weighing force acting perpendicular to the main plane. In the second configuration, the main plane is disposed vertically, with the load receiver hanging below the base unit as a suspended weighing pan, with the weighing cell mounted in the base unit to measure a vertical weighting force that is parallel to the main plane of the base unit.

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