Gaged plate transducer weighing apparatus
First Claim
1. A strain gage weighing apparatus having upper and lower horizontal members arranged in substantially parallel planes relative to each other, said upper horizontal member comprising platform means for receiving a load to be weighed, said lower horizontal member comprising strain gage transducer beam means for measuring the weight of a load, load transfer means operatively arranged between said upper and lower horizontal members for transmitting vertical force components from the upper horizontal member to the strain gage transducer beam means while substantially preventing the transmission of horizontal force components between said upper and lower horizontal members, and foot means for stabilizing the weighing apparatus, said lower horizontal member comprising at least two elongate elements joined to form said lower horizontal member as a rigid frame structure, said strain gage transducer beam means being constructed as integral parts of said two elongate elements adjacent the ends thereof;
- said foot means being operatively arranged relative to the ends of said two elongate elements for applying a load representing force to each of the respective integral strain gage transducer beam means through said transfer means from the upper horizontal member to said strain gage transducer beam means, wherein said integral strain gage transducer beam means are spaced from the end of the respective elongate element, each of said transducer beam means having a root end merging into the respective elongate element in the direction of the center of said elongate element and a free end extending in the direction toward the outer end of said elongate element for flexural movement of the integral strain gage transducer beam means relative to said elongate element, said free end of the transducer beam means being spaced from the respective end of the respective elongate element (55) for defining a non-flexural frame element area (56) between the free flexural end (52) of the transducer beam means (50) and the end (54) of said elongate element (55), whereby said transducer beam means (50) is surrounded along all edges thereof by the respective elongate element (55), securing means for securing said foot means to said non-flexural frame element area (56) at the end of said elongate elements (55) outside of the respective transducer beam means (50), and wherein said load transfer means include a bracket between said upper member and the free flexural end (52) of the respective transducer beam means (50) for deforming the latter.
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Abstract
A platform for a scale is formed by elongate elements rigidly interconnected to provide a platform frame structure having, for example, an H-configuration. The strain gage transducer beams are formed integrally at each end of the elongate elements. Vertical load components are introduced into the transducer beams by suitably locating support feet under the platform frame structure so that the beams may properly flex. Load transfer from an upper platform to the transducer beams is preferably accomplished by ball and socket loading devices provided at each end of the elongate elements forming the frame structure.
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14 Claims
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1. A strain gage weighing apparatus having upper and lower horizontal members arranged in substantially parallel planes relative to each other, said upper horizontal member comprising platform means for receiving a load to be weighed, said lower horizontal member comprising strain gage transducer beam means for measuring the weight of a load, load transfer means operatively arranged between said upper and lower horizontal members for transmitting vertical force components from the upper horizontal member to the strain gage transducer beam means while substantially preventing the transmission of horizontal force components between said upper and lower horizontal members, and foot means for stabilizing the weighing apparatus, said lower horizontal member comprising at least two elongate elements joined to form said lower horizontal member as a rigid frame structure, said strain gage transducer beam means being constructed as integral parts of said two elongate elements adjacent the ends thereof;
- said foot means being operatively arranged relative to the ends of said two elongate elements for applying a load representing force to each of the respective integral strain gage transducer beam means through said transfer means from the upper horizontal member to said strain gage transducer beam means, wherein said integral strain gage transducer beam means are spaced from the end of the respective elongate element, each of said transducer beam means having a root end merging into the respective elongate element in the direction of the center of said elongate element and a free end extending in the direction toward the outer end of said elongate element for flexural movement of the integral strain gage transducer beam means relative to said elongate element, said free end of the transducer beam means being spaced from the respective end of the respective elongate element (55) for defining a non-flexural frame element area (56) between the free flexural end (52) of the transducer beam means (50) and the end (54) of said elongate element (55), whereby said transducer beam means (50) is surrounded along all edges thereof by the respective elongate element (55), securing means for securing said foot means to said non-flexural frame element area (56) at the end of said elongate elements (55) outside of the respective transducer beam means (50), and wherein said load transfer means include a bracket between said upper member and the free flexural end (52) of the respective transducer beam means (50) for deforming the latter.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 11)
- 6. In a strain gage weighing apparatus including platform means, transducer beam means constructed as an integral part of said platform means, said transducer beam means having a flexural free end and a fixed root end merging into said platform means, strain gage sensor means operatively secured to said transducer beam means, and foot means operatively secured for permitting action on the free end of the respective beam transducer means, the improvement comprising at least two elongate elements arranged substantially in a common plane, means rigidly joining said elongate elements to form said platform means, wherein said strain gage sensor means carrying transducer beam means are integrally formed in said two elongate elements adjacent the ends thereof, and wherein said transducer beam means formed at each end of the two elongate elements are located inside the perimeter of the elongate elements, each side, except the flat sides, of each transducer beam means thereby being wholly enclosed by the respective elongate element.
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12. A strain gage weighing apparatus having upper and lower horizontal members arranged in substantially parallel planes relative to each other, said upper horizontal member comprising platform means for receiving a load to be weighed, said lower horizontal member comprising strain gage transducer beam means for measuring the weight of a load, load transfer means operatively arranged between said upper and lower horizontal members for transmitting vertical force components from the upper horizontal member to the strain gage transducer beam means while substantially preventing the transmission of horizontal force components between said upper and lower horizontal members, and foot means for stabilizing the weighing apparatus, said lower horizontal member comprising at least two elongate elements joined to form said lower horizontal member as a rigid frame structure, said strain gage transducer beam means being constructed as integral parts of said two elongate elements adjacent the ends thereof;
- said foot means being operatively arranged relative to the ends of said two elongate elements for applying a load representing force to each of the respective integral strain gage transducer beam means through said transfer means from the upper horizontal member to said strain gage transducer beam means, each of said strain gage transducer beam means comprising two strain gage elements operatively secured to the respective transducer beam means with a spacing between said two strain gage elements, and wherein each of said foot means comprises a bridging member (75), two spacers (75'"'"'), means (76) securing said bridging member (75) and said spacers (75'"'"') to the bottom side of the respective elongate element centrally across said spacing between the respective two strain gage elements for bridging the respective transducer beam means on the bottom side of said respective elongate element, said foot means comprising a ground engaging foot (74) secured to the bottom of the respective bridging member and in the center thereof, said load transfer means (63) being arranged centrally above said spacing, whereby said foot is located in vertical register with the respective one of said load transfer means and thus vertically under the point of load application.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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