Device for weighing rolling stock

Claim 1

DEVICE FOR WEIGHING ROLLING STOCK ON RAILS SUCH AS RAILWAY WAGONS, TELPHERS, TRAVERSE AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING A CONTAINER RESTING ON A FOUNDATION, WHICH CONSISTS OF A LOAD-SENSING 23 AND A NON-LOAD-SENSING PART 9, THE LOAD-SENSING PART 23 BEING SUPPORTED BY THE NON-LOADSENSING PART BY MEANS OF A LEAST TWO PRESSURE SENSING MEANS 16 ARRANGED AT A DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER, WHICH ARE INSERTED IN OPENINGS 17 BETWEEN BOTH PARTS 9, 23 OR THE CONTAINER 1, ON THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID CONTAINER A RAIL 6, WEAK IN VERTICAL DIRECTION, BEING FIXED, WHICH CONNECTS THE CENTRALLY SITUATED LOAD-SENSING PART 23 WITH THE SECTIONS OF THE NON-LOAD-SENSING PART 9 LYING ON BOTH SIDES AND WHICH EXTENDS OUTSIDE THE CONTAINER ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS WHERE IT LIES AGAINST THE FOUNDATION, THE CONTAINER AT ITS UPPER EDGE BEING PROVIDED WITH TWO VERTICAL SLOTS 7, WHICH EXTEND DOWNWARDS FROM SAID RAIL 6 AND SEPARATE THE LOAD-SENSING PART 23 FROM SAID SECTIONS OF THE NONLOAD-SENSING PART 9, AND FROM EACH OF THE VERTICAL SLOTS 7 A VERY NARROW HORIZONTAL SPACE 12 EXTENDING IN TOWARDS THE CENTRE OF THE LOAD-SENSING PART, WHEREBY THE PARTS OF THE RAIL 6 LYING ABOVE SAID SPACES 12 FORM MEMBRANES WEAK IN VERTICAL DIRECTION.