Weighing device having covered weighing pan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9612151-B2
Application number	US-201314442575-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2013
Priority date	Nov 20, 2012
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

As a weighing device which can not only make water and dust less likely to reach the sensor unit, but also simply discharge water having reached that position if any, and which further can improve the maintenance workability of water-washing of the sensor unit, an electronic balance includes a weighing pan, a load cell that measures a load of a measuring object placed on the weighing pan, and a scale main body case that supports the load cell. The load cell is disposed outside and over the scale main body case, a cylindrical transparent cover that covers the whole side face of the load cell is integrally provided for the weighing pan, and the lower end of the transparent cover is disposed with a clearance over an upper face of the scale main body case.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A weighing device including a weighing pan on which a measuring object is placed, a sensor unit that measures a load applied to the weighing pan, and a scale main body case that supports the sensor unit, wherein
the sensor unit is disposed outside as well as over the scale main body case,
for the weighing pan, a tubular cover that directly and substantially covers a whole side face of the sensor unit is integrally provided such that the tubular cover provides a windproofing barrier for the sensor unit, the cover being, in a plan view, formed smaller than the weighing pan, and
a lower end of the cover is separated upward with respect to an upper face of the scale main body case, so that a clearance is formed between said lower end of the cover and said upper face of the scale main body case.

2. The weighing device according to claim 1 , wherein
on the upper face of the scale main body case, a drain guide face using an upper face outer edge of said scale main body case as a downstream end is formed, and
the drain guide face is inclined so as to become higher toward an upstream side than at the downstream side.

3. The weighing device according to claim 1 , wherein
on the upper face of the scale main body case, a plurality of projecting portions that project upward are provided outside of the cover, and
the respective projecting portions have their respective upper ends disposed opposite to the weighing pan, and make contact with said weighing pan to serve as stoppers when an overload is applied to said weighing pan.

4. The weighing device according to claim 3 , wherein
at least one of the plurality of projecting portions is a display unit that displays a weighed value.

5. The weighing device according to claim 3 , wherein
at least one of the plurality of projecting portions is disposed in a rear face corner portion of the scale main body case.

6. The weighing device according to any one of claim 1 , wherein
on the upper face of the scale main body case, at a position to attach the sensor unit, an upwardly projecting base is provided, and
the sensor unit is attached on the base.

Assignees

• A&D Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tachibana Masaki

Classifications

• G01G21/28

  Frames, Housings · CPC title

• G01G23/02 Primary

  Relieving mechanisms; Arrestment mechanisms · CPC title

• G01G21/286

  with windshields · CPC title

• G01G21/30

  Means for preventing contamination by dust · CPC title