Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
177145000 | WITH WEIGHER LOADING OR UNLOADING MEANS | 32 |
20080217072 | EASY MOUNT BASE FOR MOBILITY SCALE - A base for a scale tilts slightly when a wheel is rolled onto it, to facilitate rolling the wheel onto a central ovular or elliptical concave mat surface. Opposed handgrips forming grippable loops may be provided on the base. | 09-11-2008 |
20080264698 | Transport System - A transport system for transporting articles along a transport path having a plurality of pusher members coupled to a control mechanism for moving the pusher members along the transport path. A support for supporting articles as they are pushed by the pusher members extends along the transport path, and a weighing system includes a weighing member supported on a weight detection device. The weighing member is adapted to transfer an article from the support to the weighing member and out of contact with the pusher members | 10-30-2008 |
20080302581 | Weighing Apparatus - A weighing apparatus for bales as they are released from the bale chute of an agricultural baler has a weighting table supported on a first side of a support frame by a single load beam and supported on a second side by a support element. The weighing apparatus has a mechanism for measuring the inclination of the weighing table relative to the horizontal as well as a load beam and processor. The processor receives the signal from the load beam and based upon the sensed inclination provide an indication of a weight supported by the weighing table. | 12-11-2008 |
20080314650 | Weighing Cell for Moving Goods - A weighing cell for weighing moving goods comprises a plug connection on the load receptor for the mechanical and/or electrical connection of the weighing cell to the conveyor system moving the goods. | 12-25-2008 |
20090071730 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MAIL ITEMS AND WEIGHING MODULE WITH SETTLING SECTION - An apparatus is provided for processing mail items transported in a stream on a transport section. The apparatus includes a weighing system which is accessible via the transport section. The weighing system includes a distributor device which divides the stream of mail items into two paths, the paths being joined together again by way of a combining device. A weighing section is provided in the first of the two paths for the automatic weight determination of the mail items, and the second path is configured to bypass the weighing section, with no weighing taking place in the bypass. In other embodiments, a calming/settling section is provided immediately prior to or after the weighing section. The mail items are transported in a clamped manner on one edge over the weighing section, whereas in the settling section, the mail items are transported on one edge while leaning against one of the lateral guide belts. | 03-19-2009 |
20090178860 | Weighing system - Weighing system for weighing sequentially fed items to be weighed, in particular containers, with a weighing table, forming a preload, for receiving the weight of the item to be weighed, wherein the item to be weighed can be fed to the weighing table or removed from the weighing table along a path running across the weighing cell and wherein a clamping device, with which the item to be weighed, after it has been fed to the weighing table and impinges thereon with its weight, can be clamped detachably against a stop of the clamping device to enable being weighed in the clamped state, is provided above the weighing table as a preload. | 07-16-2009 |
20100059292 | METHOD FOR TESTING MULTILAYER TABLETS IN A MULTIPLE ROTARY PRESS - The invention is related to a method for testing multilayer tablets in a multiple rotary press, in which die holes of a circulating die plate are successively filled with tablet material of different layers in consecutive filling devices, and the tablet material is compressed layer after layer to pressed articles having n layers by means of synchronously circulating compression punches in compression stations respectively associated to the filling devices, and the pressed articles are subsequently ejected and unloaded in a unloading station, wherein in a testing procedure, pressed articles having in layers are unloaded in an unloading station after the compression and are fed to a testing station, wherein holds 1<=m03-11-2010 | |
20100108407 | Stop Motion Scale Conveyor System and Method - A system and method are provided which enable rapid static weight measurements of packages within a conveyor system. High through-put rates at, or greater than, in-motion scale systems are achieved at static scale accuracies. The system can be employed in existing conveyor systems to decrease man-hours, increase production, and improve weighing accuracy. The system can accommodate packages which vary in size or in type within a given conveyor run. Fins are affixed to the scale base and positioned to run parallel to and in between conveyor belts. Conveyor belts over the scale base are pivoted to expose the fins upon which the package to be weighed subsequently rests. After weighing, belts are returned to the horizontal position and conveying resumes. | 05-06-2010 |
20100170723 | WEIGHING OBJECT CARRIER FOR A BALANCE - A carrier for objects to be sequentially weighed is designed for connection to a load receiver of a weighing cell. The carrier has a supporting structure and a multi-compartment weighing tray. The supporting structure has an element for coupling the supporting structure to the load receiver and an element for connecting the weighing tray to the supporting structure in a guided and constrained manner. The weighing tray is seated or slid into place, leaving it free to perform a defined linear, swiveling, or rotary movement relative to the supporting structure. The weighing tray has at least two receiving compartments, arranged so that each can be sequentially moved into a defined loading position, fixed relative to the supporting structure. A positioning device, arranged between the supporting structure and the weighing tray, precisely aligns with the loading position the receiving compartment that is next to be moved into the loading position. | 07-08-2010 |
20100170724 | High Precision Belt Weighing Array System for Dispersed Material - A belt weighing array system for dispersed material in a transportation process of measurement is mainly composed of a weighing sensor ( | 07-08-2010 |
20100193256 | CONTROLLING A SCALE IN CONNECTION WITH A CONTAINER OF POURABLE BULK MATERIALS - A method of controlling a scale in connection with to a carrier of pourable bulk materials. The scale involved has a control with a display and control buttons. Upon a first press of a first control button, the system is transitioned into a “tare” mode and displays a base, or tare, value. Upon a second press of the first control button, generally after unloading some or all of the load, the difference in weight from the first press is saved to a storage medium, and a value displayed representing the weight of bulk material in the container at that time. The method may also include the pressing of a Zero button to zero the scale before the carrier is first loaded. | 08-05-2010 |
20100243339 | Combination Weigher - A combination weigher capable of high-speed operation comprises plural weighing units each of which includes a weighing hopper group including plural weighing hoppers arranged along an inner side of an imaginary circle and fed with objects; and a collecting chute disposed below the weighing hopper group and configured to collect the objects discharged from the weighing hoppers and to discharge the objects from a discharge outlet at a bottom part thereof, wherein weighing hopper groups of the respective weighing units include plural weighing hoppers arranged on inner sides of different imaginary circles, the different imaginary circles partially overlap with each other, and the weighing hoppers are not disposed in circular-arc regions of the imaginary circles corresponding to the overlapping region of the different imaginary circles. | 09-30-2010 |
20100288565 | Universal Belt Scale Frame - A weighing apparatus adapted for use in an existing conveyor, and a method for attaching a weighing apparatus to an existing conveyor without removing components or modifying the conveyor. The apparatus comprises a roller, a load cell, a vertical support and a cross member. The cross member is secured to adjacent existing idlers or alternatively to the frame supporting the existing conveyor via non-invasive means that do not require the existing conveyor or components to be removed or modified by cutting, drilling or welding. The roller is capable of precise adjustment both horizontally and vertically relative to the conveyor to ensure levelness and accuracy without the use of tools. | 11-18-2010 |
20110036647 | TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR A SCALE - Transport device for a scale, in particular a dynamic scale that preferably operates with electromagnetic force compensation, with a weighing belt that forms a preload for a weighing cell. The weighing belt is constructed to transport materials to be weighed along the X-direction while weighing. The weighing belt receives the materials from a supply device arranged in an upstream inlet area, including a supply belt or supply rollers for supporting the materials and not forming a preload for the weighing cell. Two weighing-guide elements extending in the X-direction and forming a preload provide lateral support of the materials in the Y-direction to weigh the materials during the transport on the weighing belt in the leaning position. The minimum Y-distance between the weighing-guide elements is greater than the maximum extent of the materials in the Y-direction. | 02-17-2011 |
20110108331 | Device For Continuously Weighing Articles In Arrival From A Conveyor Organ - A device for continuously weighing articles in arrival from a conveyor organ, of a type comprising: a weighing device ( | 05-12-2011 |
20110147097 | INTERMITTENT MOTION CHECKWEIGHER WITH OFFSET PRODUCT POCKETS - An intermittent motion checkweigher for weighing products of interest. The checkweigher includes a product transport wheel having a plurality of product retention pockets, each of which retainins one or more products of interest throughout the weighing operation. Products are loaded into a product retention pocket by an in-feed conveyor or similar device, after which the product transport wheel is indexed to advance the products in the product retention pocket toward one or more weighing devices where the products will be weighed while still located in the product retention pocket. After weighing, the products are advanced to a discharge conveyor or similar device by further indexing of the product transport wheel. | 06-23-2011 |
20110147098 | CONVEYOR BELT SCALE - A conveyor belt scale ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110155475 | WEIGHING APPARATUS HAVING OPPOSED WHEELS - Weighing apparatus for weighing and conveying items of various shape and size. The weighing apparatus apparatus includes at least two oppositely rotating wheels that engage an item to be weighed. A force measurement element, such as a load cell, is provided to weigh the item to be weighed while the item is conveyed by the wheels in a suspended position. More than one pair of wheels may be employed. | 06-30-2011 |
20110209925 | WEIGHING DEVICE FOR BULK MATERIAL CONVEYORS - A weighing device for a bulk material conveyor, of the type that is included in the output of a tube for conveying a flow of bulk material, the device conducting the flow through the output and weighing in real time the amount of bulk material passing through the device, with the device comprising a load cell that is connected between a stationary plate and a movable plate, and a rotation sensor that records the revolutions of a rotating reference device that rotates under the effect of the flow of the bulk material passing through the weighing device. | 09-01-2011 |
20110315457 | Belt Weighing System - A belt weighing system comprising a weigh frame, an entry transition support structure and an exit transition support structure positioned on either sides of the weigh frame. The weigh frame preferably includes a plurality of closely spaced idlers to support a conveyor belt. The optional entry transition support structure can include one or more second belt support components, and the optional exit transition support structure can include one or more third belt support components. In one example form, a plurality of closely spaced idlers is also provided to support the belt adjacent or near the weigh frame in the transition regions. The plurality of closely spaced idlers reduces, ameliorates or controls belt sag at or near the weigh frame and thus reduces errors that are otherwise introduced by relative material movement or other non-linear dynamic effects along the conveyor belt. | 12-29-2011 |
20120145466 | Combination Weighing Apparatus - A plurality of hoppers are disposed in a circle around a vertical axis, and articles ejected from the plurality of the hoppers are collected in a bottom outlet via a collecting chute and ejected to a packaging machine. The collecting chute is made of at least vertically overlapping stacked chutes, of which the upper chutes are shaped so that the articles ejected from the plurality of the hoppers do not cross articles ejected from adjacent hoppers. The upper chutes have the same angle of inclination, and the upper chutes are disposed in a radial formation around a vertical axis. The lower chute is formed into a funnel shape having no partitions on the inside wall. The center of the inlet and the center of the outlet are displaceable relative to one another. | 06-14-2012 |
20120279787 | DYNAMIC SCALE WITH MULTIPLE WEIGHING PANS, AND METHOD TO OPERATE THE DYNAMIC SCALE - A dynamic scale has multiple weighing units, each equipped with a weighing cell and a weighing pan, the weighing pan lying in an upper plane and the weighing cell between a lower plane spaced from the upper plane in the direction of gravity. A transport device has a motor encoder and sensors, with the encoder and sensors being electrically connected with the inputs of a control unit. The multiple weighing units are serially adjacent in a transport path, with simultaneous cascaded arrangement of the weighing cells in the direction of gravity. The control unit simultaneously starts the weighing processes in all weighing cells in a dynamic weighing mode and controls a transport motor depending on signals of the sensors and the encoder and controls the dynamic scale depending on signals from the weighing cells. | 11-08-2012 |
20130175100 | DEVICE FOR WEIGHING FLAT OBJECTS IN MOTION - Device for weighing flat objects in motion comprising a conveyor ( | 07-11-2013 |
20130284522 | Unknown - The invention pertains to a weighing device for determining the weight of discrete weighing products in a speed-independent manner, wherein a weighing chute comprising a sliding surface that is inclined with respect to the horizontal is fed detached weighing products, and the load introduction direction of a weighing cell supporting the weighing chute is aligned perpendicularly to the sliding surface. | 10-31-2013 |
20140326519 | CHECKWEIGHER - A checkweigher ( | 11-06-2014 |
20150292935 | WEIGHING SYSTEM USING A CONVEYOR BELT - A conveyor belt and a weighing system for weighing articles conveyed on a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt includes an array of force-sensing elements embedded in the belt to measure forces normal to the belt's conveying surface. The force-sensing elements form parts of passive resonant circuits that each include a capacitor and an inductive coil. | 10-15-2015 |
177146000 | Jack | 1 |
20100276212 | SUPPORT ELEMENT WITH WEIGHT MEASUREMENT FOR LIFTING PLATFORMS - Support element for lifting platforms, which can be arranged between a carrying element of the lifting platform and a vehicle which is to be raised, wherein the support element can be removed from the carrying element, wherein the support element rests on at least one vertically displaceable transfer element that seals a pressure chamber that is filled with hydraulic fluid and is disposed above said transfer element, with the transfer element generating in the pressure chamber a pressure that is characteristic for the weight resting on the support element, and in that the pressure chamber has an annular recess, in particular a groove, which is sealed by the equally annular transfer element. | 11-04-2010 |
177147000 | Hoist | 1 |
20100084201 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CENTERS OF MASS FOR LARGE STRUCTURES - The spatial center of mass and a mass of an object can be determined by orientating the suspended object in at least two different spatial positions and measuring the orientation of the object in each of the different spatial positions the forces acting on the suspension devices because of the suspended object, the forces acting on the suspension devices being resolved into three independent force components. A center of area of the object and the associated force effect lines are determined for each of the at least two spatial positions, the center of area of the respective spatial position being determined with an inclined tension compensation of the suspension devices. The spatial center of mass is determined by superimposing at least two force effect lines. | 04-08-2010 |
177148000 | Hand manipulatable weigher | 4 |
20110186357 | Handheld Electronic Luggage Scale - A hand-held electronic luggage scale includes a handle designed to be held generally horizontally, and a hook supported by the handle, which extends generally vertically below the handle. The handle houses an electronic scale, the electronic scale connected to the hook for calculating a weight of an object suspended from the hook. An easy-to-read digital display is provided in a top surface of the handle, the display displaying the calculated weight from the electronic scale component. The hook is supported by the handle at a central portion of the handle such that a user's two hands can hold the handle on either side of a hook attachment while leaving the display visible between the user's hands. The handle curves downwardly from the central portion the handle to free ends thereof to provide an ergonomic support for the user to lift the object to be weighed. | 08-04-2011 |
20120222904 | CASE HANDLE WITH WEIGHING DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a case candle, particularly relates to a case candle with weighing display, which includes a handle seat and a connection that is connected between the handle seat and case body, which is characterized in that, the handle seat has a manganese steel sheet inside, a bend sensor is fixed at the top of the manganese steel sheet, the bend sensor is connected to a PCB board, the PCB board is connected to battery and display respectively. The present invention with the above-mentioned structure, when the case is pulled, the manganese steel sheet makes blending deformation under force, the blend sensor permanently connected with the manganese steel sheet induces the deformation, and accurately measures the weight of the case body through pre-set parameters and calculate method, has advantages such as accurate weighing, long life and so on. | 09-06-2012 |
20130140097 | HANDLE INTEGRATED SCALE - A handle integrated scale configured to fixedly attach to a liftable element that allows a user to ascertain the weight of said liftable element based on the amount of force exerted onto the handle integrated scale from the liftable element as it is lifted. | 06-06-2013 |
20150346020 | HANDHELD SCALE FOR LUGGAGE - A handheld scale for weighing luggage having a body housing a power source, a processor, and a display, a luggage engagement member rotatably coupled to the body and moveable between a first position and a second position in which the luggage engagement member presents a surface from which a piece of luggage can be supported, a load sensor, and a switch activated by the luggage engagement member, the switch being configured such that when the luggage engagement member is in the second position, the power source is operatively coupled to the display, and the processor is configured to receive, from the load sensor, a signal proportional to a force applied to the surface relative to the body, and to provide, via the display, an indication of the force; and when the luggage engagement member is in the first position, the power source is operatively decoupled from at least the display. | 12-03-2015 |