Optimized household scale with removable storage container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9719843-B2
Application number	US-201514709577-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2015
Priority date	May 12, 2015
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A household scale including a housing intended to be placed horizontally during use, the housing including a support, at least one weight measuring system, connected to a display unit for the result of the measurement, the scale being designed to hold on the support, during use, and a container for holding an item or ingredient. The housing includes a connection to the support enabling the support to hold the container in the following two positions. A stowage position in which the container is attached to the support regardless of the position of the scale in space, and a position of use in which the container is set down on the support not attached to it.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A household scale comprising:
a housing configured to be placed horizontally during use, said housing comprising a support,
at least one weight measuring system, connected to a display unit for the result of the measurement,
the scale being configured to hold on said support, during use, a container for holding an item or ingredient,
wherein said housing comprises a connection device to said support enabling said support to hold said container in the following two positions:
a stowage position in which the container is attached to the support regardless of the position of the scale in space,
a position of use in which the container is set down on the support and not attached to the support by the connection device.

2. The household scale according to claim 1 , wherein said connection device exerts a magnetic force and the container has a supplemental connection device subject to said magnetic force, so that said magnetic force is able to hold onto the container only when the latter is in the stowage position.

3. The household scale according to claim 2 , wherein:
the connection device comprises at least one permanent magnet,
the supplemental connection device comprises at least one part made of ferromagnetic material.

4. The household scale according to claim 1 , wherein:
the connection device comprises at least one permanent magnet,
said support has a first planar surface and a first chamfer peripheral to the first planar surface and said at least one magnet is arranged adjacent to the chamfer, and wherein:
the container has a second planar surface and a second chamfer peripheral to the second planar surface and where said at least one part is arranged at its periphery.

5. The household scale according to claim 4 , wherein said at least one magnet has a parallelepiped shape, at least one face of which is essentially parallel to said first chamfer.

6. The household scale according to claim 5 , wherein:
the connection device comprises at least two permanent magnets;
the supplemental connection device comprises at least two metallic parts,
the magnets and metallic parts being arranged so that the magnet and the metallic part of each pair are opposite each other in the stowage position.

7. The household scale according to claim 6 , wherein the magnets and metallic parts are distributed regularly over the periphery of the support and the container.

8. The household scale according to claim 4 , wherein the first chamfer and the second chamfer are oriented to be essentially parallel in the stowage position.

9. The household scale according to claim 4 , wherein the first chamfer and the second chamfer are oriented at an angle (α) between 20° and 70° with respect to the planar surfaces in the position of use.

10. The household scale according to claim 9 , wherein the support has a disk shape with a chamfered periphery and the container has a disk shape with a chamfered periphery.

11. The household scale according to claim 6 , wherein the number of magnets is greater than three.

12. A household scale according to claim 4 , wherein at least the second peripheral chamfer is entirely metallic.

13. A household scale according to claim 1 , wherein:
said support has a first planar surface and said connection device is arranged adjacent to said planar surface, and wherein:
said container has a planar bottom and an inclined wall, said at least one part composed of ferromagnetic material being arranged in the area of said planar bottom.

14. A household scale according to claim 13 , wherein said container comprises between said inclined wall and the planar bottom means of spacing from the support, allowing one to move the planar bottom from the first planar surface by a distance between 2 mm and 5 mm in the position of use.

15. A household scale according to claim 14 , wherein said means of spacing comprise folds which protrude relative to the planar bottom, designed to make contact with the support in the position of use.

16. A household scale according to claim 15 , wherein the first planar surface has a circular shape and the container has a disk shape with an inclined wall periphery, the largest diameter of the inclined wall being greater than that of the first planar surface.

17. A household scale according to claim 1 , wherein said container has a planar bottom and at least the planar bottom is entirely metallic.

18. A household scale according to claim 1 , wherein it comprises a means of hanging on the housing.

19. An assembly comprising a household scale and at least one container according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Seb Sa

Inventors

• Thirouin Stéphane
• Sarrazin Michel

Classifications

• G01G21/28

  Frames, Housings · CPC title

• G01G21/22 Primary

  Weigh pans or other weighing receptacles; Weighing platforms · CPC title