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Weighing device

  • US 4,632,197 A
  • Filed: 06/18/1985
  • Issued: 12/30/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for weighing rail guided vehicles which comprises:

  • (a) at least one moveable weighing assembly comprised of one or more moveable carriages, each carriage having wheel supporting stirrups thereon, said stirrups positioned in internal alignment with a pair of originating rails to receive the flanges of a pair of oppositely aligned wheels from a rail guided vehicle on said originating rails and transfer the weight of said vehicle from said originating rails to said stirrups,(b) said carriages having a means for securing or capturing said pair of oppositely aligned vehicle wheels thereon,(c) said carriages being moveable after said securing or capturing to adjust said moveable assembly to the distance between the wheels of the vehicle being weighed,(d) means for determining the weight on said stirrups of said moveable carriage, and(e) means for transferring the weight of said vehicle from said stirrups back to said originating rails.

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