Concrete pit and deck construction for platform scales and method of making the same

Claim 1

In a pit and deck construction for platform scales used in weighing vehicles and the like wherein a scale lever system and weighbridge are supported by the horizontal floor of said pit and wherein said deck is supported by said weighbridge, the improvement comprising: a. a plurality of precast concrete panels forming spaced-apart pit side walls, said panels of each of said walls being arranged end-to-end in a first row on said pit floor and endto-end in a second row resting on said first row of panels, said panels of said first and second rows being substantially vertically coplanar, each of said panels including a generally planar body portion and a pair of spaced-apart flanges extending outwardly from opposite edges of said panel in the same direction and substantially normal to the plane of said body portion, said flanges being disposed generally vertical and adjacent flanges of adjoining panels of each of said rows being connected together and forming pilasters for supporting said row; b. means connecting vertically adjacent panels of said first and second rows together; c. a plurality of precast concrete panels forming spaced-apart pit end walls joining corresponding ends of said side walls, said panels of each of said end walls being arranged end-to-end in a first row on said pit floor and end-to-end in a second row resting on said first row of panels, said panels of said first and second rows being substantially vertically coplanar and each of said panels having an outwardly directed generally vertical portion which is connected to a corresponding portion of an adjoining panel of the row to form a pilaster for supporting said row; and d. means connecting vertically adjacent panels of said first and second rows together.