Abstract:
A load cell system for stationary or moving equipment is disclosed, wherein undesirable bending, shear, and torsion loads are minimized and an accuracy of the load cell system is maximized.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a weighing scale having a lever assembly which includes a pair of levers. Each lever has first and second pivotal ends and an intermediate region for engaging a weight sensing mechanism. A platform is provided upon the lever assembly. Upon application of an object to the platform, a load is transmitted through the lever assembly to the weight sensing mechanism. The platform may include a top portion and a bottom portion for enclosing the lever assembly. The top and bottom portions of the platform may be secured together. A bearing insert for reducing friction in the lever assembly is provided.
Abstract:
The weighing device has a bending beam (20,31,41) from which bending moment transmission means (35,36,42,43) extend laterally. Relatively rigid members (24,27,30,32) are coupled to the bending moment transmission means (35,36,42,43) by force transmission elements (13,37,38). Loads applied to the rigid members (24,27,30,32) are measured by a strain gauge (33) mounted on the bending beam (20,31,41). Each force transmission element (13,37,38) comprises a rectangular prismatic body of elastomeric material, such as natural rubber, which may have concave sides (15) to reduce shear forces in the body. Fixing studs (17) may be attached to plates (16) bonded to the upper and lower surfaces of the body. The material of the body is chosen to exhibit creep, hystersis and linearity characteristics approximating those of an ideal spring.
Abstract:
An apparatus for stabilizing a load cell which may be used for a security floor plate connected to the load cell in cooperation with a platform. The apparatus utilizes an arm supported by the platform and fixed to the floor plate. A pedestal is also included which is supported from the platform and supports the load cell and connected floor plate above the platform. Lateral movement between the pedestal and the supported load cell is limited without inhibiting vertical movements of the load cell and connected floor plate.
Abstract:
An apparatus is presented for weighing heavy loads, particularly those loads having to be laterally supported during the weighing operation. The weighing apparatus comprises a vertical column supported on its base by pressure cells and provided on its top surface with a support structure. This support structure retains the material to be weighed. A guide tube is provided coaxially around the column and a rotating sleeve with bearing elements is mounted between the column and the guide tube. A motor is mounted on the guide tube for rotating the sleeve during the weighing operation. The weighing apparatus is particularly well suited for use in conjunction with a casting ladle used in revolving turrets during continuous casting.
Abstract:
The base of a weigh scale includes openings in the bottom thereof at each corner. The base is raised above a supporting surface by way of rigid foot members aligned with the openings in the corners of the base. Load cells in the form of deflection beams each having one of their ends fixed to the base while their other end contacts upper surfaces of their respective foot members. Damage to the load cells by side shock loads is eliminated by way of resilient coupling members connected between the foot members and the base.
Abstract:
Weighing equipment for weighing stationary objects, such as containers, load platforms and the like, includes a base and a plurality of supports containing pressure sensitive load cells and each formed of an upper supporting part which is attached to the object and a lower support part which rests on the base. The two support parts of each support are formed of two portions of a spherical bearing having upper and lower bearing surfaces. One of the supports is a rigid support which permits no relative horizontal movement, another of the supports permits movement in one direction only and the other two supports permit movement in both directions.
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:
A platform balance including a housing, a weighing platform vertically movable relative to said housing, and at least one force indicating lever pivotally movable in accordance with the mass to be weighed by said balance, characterized in that the force indicating lever is pivotally supported in said housing beneath said platform at the upper end of a vertical support member the lower end of which is pivotally connected with the bottom wall of the housing, said force indicating lever being operable by the platform via load lever linkage means connected between the opposed side walls of the housing. In the illustrated embodiment, a pair of symmetrical force indicating levers are connected for pivotal movement in opposite directions to increase the sensitivity of measurement. Adjustable weight means are provided for varying the operating range of the balance, and tangent error is compensated for by appropriate selection of the dimensions and location of the center of gravity of the vertical support member.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a bathroom scale comprising a base member, a platform member mounted for free vertical movement relative to the base member, a flexible Rolamite band located between the platform member and the base member, transfer means connected to the base member and adapted to transfer a load imposed upon the platform to the roller band wherein the load on the platform causes a movement of the roller band indicative of the weight of the load, and an indicator operably connected to the Rolamite band indicating the weight of the load.