Load suspension for resistance strain gage weighing

Claim 1

A LOAD SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR RESISTANCE STRAIN GAGE WEIGHTING MEANS INCLUDING: A LOWER SUPPORT MEMBER; AN UPPER WEIGHING PLATFORM ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE LOAD TO BE WEIGHTED, SUPERIMPOSED OVER THE LOWER MEMBER AND SPACED THEREFROM; A PLURALITY OF WEIGHING MEANS DISPOSED IN THE INTERSPACE BETWEEN THE SUPPORT MEMBER AND THE WEIGHING PLATFORM; SAID WEIGHING MEANS EACH COMPRISING; A SUPPORT BEARING BLOCK RIGIDLY SECURED TO THE TOP SIDE OF THE LOWER SUPPORT MEMBER; A PLATFORM BEARING BLOCK RIGIDLY SECURED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WEIGHING PLATFORM AND LATERALLY SPACED FROM THE SUPPORT BEARING BLOCK; A LOAD BAR DISPOSED BETWEEN SID BEARING BLOCKS AND HAVING RESISTANCE STRAIN GAGES BONDED THERETO AND HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM APERTURES THEREIN; A CANTILEVER BEAM HAVING ONE END DISPOSED IN SAID TOP APERTURE OF THE LOAD BAR AND ITS OTHER END SUPPORTED BY THE SUPPORT BEARING BLOCK; A LOAD CARRYING BEAM HAVING ONE END DISPOSED IN SAID BOTTOM APERTURE OF THE LOAD BAR AND ITS OTHER END MOUNTED IN THE PLATFORM BEARING BLOCK; AND A LIKE PLURALITY OF STABILIZER BARS PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTING THE LOWER SUPPORTING MEMBER AND THE UPPER WEIGHING PLATFORM, SAID PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS HAVING PARALLEL AXES OF ROTATION WHICH AXES ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF GRAVITATIONAL FORCE EXERTED ON THE LOAD BEING WEIGHED.