Abstract:
A pivotally mounted balance beam is constructed and arranged to nullify its pendular characteristics by appropriately distributing and balancing the moments of the mass both parallel and perpendicular to the beam plane so that whenever the beam reference plane is tilted out of the horizontal any weighing errors resulting from tilt and vibration of the frame of the weigh balance apparatus are minimized. In forming a part of the weigh balance apparatus, a circuit generates an output proportional to load as a function of beam deflection sensed by capacitive sensors and operates through an electromagnetic restoring device including a beam mounted forcer coil to restore the beam to its null position. The coil is connected through electrically conductive knife edges and bearing flats to receive the circuit output and has its position relative to the magnet of the restoring device set so that the restoring device has a linear response to the circuit output. A display receives the circuit output and is compensated for errors caused by changes in the response of the restoring device as a function of its operating temperature to provide a readout representing load.
Abstract:
In an electronic digital-reading balance, electronic circuitry is provided for automatically deducting tare weight from the weight of an object being weighed wherein a latch circuit stores the digital reading of the tare weight, and a comparator in cooperation with display circuitry is capable of generating and displaying as a digital readout a value equal to the gross weight of the object being weighed less the tare weight stored in the latching circuitry. Although specifically adaptable for use in deducting tare or other given weights in a weigh balance apparatus, the same or similar circuitry has useful application to other analog-to-digital measuring and counting devices.
Abstract:
A top-loading weigh apparatus has a stabilized balance beam mechanism with the load being vertically applied through a horizontal balance arm on a pair of spaced pivots, and a differential capacitance is developed by sensing the horizontal displacement of a stabilized beam isolated from the weighing area. The capacitance developed in response to beam displacement is converted into a variable current output and applied as a restoring force proportional to but in opposition to the unbalancing force in order to quickly and accurately return the beam mechanism to its null position. A voltage is developed in direct proportion to the variable current output required to restore the beam to its null position and which is translated for recording and visual display of the applied weight.