Inclination spring balance

Claim 1

An inclination balance comprising, in combination: a. a support, said support being stationary in the normal operating condition of said balance; b. a balance beam mounted on said support for angular movement about a main bearing axis horizontal in said condition, 1. said beam having two arms extending from said axis in opposite directions; c. pan carrier means adapted to carry an object to be weighed; d. outer bearing means connecting said pan carrier means to one of said arms for pivotal movement about an outer bearing axis spacedly parallel to said main bearing axis, said axes jointly defining a plane; e. yieldably resilient means opposing angular movement of said beam about said main bearing axis under the weight of said object and including 1. a helical weighing spring having an axis and two axially spaced terminal portions, 2. first fastening means fastening one of said terminal portions to said support, and 3. second fastening means fixedly fastening the other terminal portion to the other arm of said beam, 4. said second fastening means including means preventing movement of said other terminal portion relative to said beam; and f. indicating means for indicating the angular position of said beam as a measure of said weight, said indicating means including a scale member and an index member, 1. one of said members being fixedly mounted on said support, and the other member being fixedly fastened on said other arm, 2. said scale member carrying a row of numerical weight marks spaced for sequential alignment with said index member during said angular movement of said beam, 3. said row of marks including a central mark and two groups of marks extending from said central mark in opposite directions and including respective terminal marks farthest from said central mark and respectively constituting a zero mark and a full-load mark, 4. said index member and said zero mark being aligned in said condition when said pan carrier means carries no object to be weighed, 5. said index member and said full-load mark being aligned in said condition when said pan carrier means carries an object having the full rated weight of said balance, 6. said index member and said central mark being aligned in said condition when said pan carrier means carries an object having one half of said full rated weight, 7. said plane being obliquely inclined relative to the horizontal when said index member and said central mark are aligned.