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Analytical balance
Assignee: Sartorius AG
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Filing: 1984-08-27
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Granted: 1986-01-28
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Expires: 2004-08-27
Abstract
Abstract In an analytical balance with a pan and a four-bar mechanism which keeps the balance pan parallel horizontally during its vertical travel, the one vertical side of which is held fast to the housing, the other vertical side of which, in the form of a coupling piece, carries an extension which receives the pan, and both horizontal sides of which are connected in an articulated manner by an upper and a lower rod to the vertical sides, whereby the four-bar mechanism is loaded by the restoring force of a load converter, the extension (16) which receives the pan (17) is L-shaped, the horizontal L-shank (pan arm) (16") carries the pan (17) rigidly connected to its free end and the vertical L-shank (bearing arm) (16') is mounted on the bar (18'") of a U-shaped arm bearing (18) which projects above and below over the vertically movable end (9) of the four-bar mechanism (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) with its two horizontal U-shanks (18, 18") in the rod planes and is rigidly fastened to it in two vertically superposed bearings (118'). Such a construction avoids the introduction of damaging torques from the extension (16) and the balance pan (17) into the sensitive parallel guide (5, 6, 7, 8, 9).
Inventors
- 👤 Walter Sodler
- 👤 Erich Knothe
- 👤 Gunther Maaz
- 👤 Joachim Madge
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 23:57
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01G; G01G1/00; G01G1/18; G01G1/24; G01G1/243; G01G1/246; G01G21/00; G01G21/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
179 words
Analytical balance with pan on top with a four-bar mechanism which keeps the balance pan parallel horizontally during its vertical travel, the one vertical side of which is held fast to the housing, the other vertical side of which, in the form of a coupling piece, carries an extension which receives the pan, and both horizontal sides of which are connected in an articulated manner by an upper and a lower rod to the vertical sides, whereby the four-bar mechanism is loaded by the restoring force of a load converter, characterized in that the extension (16) which receives the pan (17) is L-shaped, the horizontal L-shank (16") carries the pan (17) rigidly connected to its free end and the vertical L-shank bearing arm (16') is mounted on the bar (18'") of a U-shaped arm bearing (18) which projects above and below over the vertically movable end (9) of the four-bar mechanism (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) with its two horizontal U-shanks (18, 18") in the rod planes and is rigidly fastened to it in two vertically superposed bearings (118').
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
179 words
Analytical balance with pan on top with a four-bar mechanism which keeps the balance pan parallel horizontally during its vertical travel, the one vertical side of which is held fast to the housing, the other vertical side of which, in the form of a coupling piece, carries an extension which receives the pan, and both horizontal sides of which are connected in an articulated manner by an upper and a lower rod to the vertical sides, whereby the four-bar mechanism is loaded by the restoring force of a load converter, characterized in that the extension (16) which receives the pan (17) is L-shaped, the horizontal L-shank (16") carries the pan (17) rigidly connected to its free end and the vertical L-shank bearing arm (16') is mounted on the bar (18'") of a U-shaped arm bearing (18) which projects above and below over the vertically movable end (9) of the four-bar mechanism (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) with its two horizontal U-shanks (18, 18") in the rod planes and is rigidly fastened to it in two vertically superposed bearings (118').
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
117 words
Analytical balance according to claim 1, characterized in that the L-shaped extension (16) with its vertical shank bearing arm (16') on its free end carried on the arm bearing (18) by means of a horizontal transversal axis (20) which goes through side flanges (118) of the U-shaped arm bearing (18), and the L-shaped extension (16) can pivot for assembly and regulation by means of regulating weights (21, 21') located under the load pan (17) and the load arm (16") and by means of their moving mechanism (25, 26, 27, 28) about its horizontal transversal and bearing axis (20) by somewhat more than 90° upward in the direction of the upper bearing point of the arm bearing (18).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
Analytical balance according to claim 2, characterized in that the L-shaped extension (16), the arm bearing (18) and a leaf spring (19) positioned between them are parts of an overload safety mechanism against vertically acting overloads.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
95 words
Analytical balance according to claim 3, characterized in that the leaf spring (19) runs parallel to the arm bearing (18) and to the bearing arm (16') and is convexly curved, whereby the bend of the curvature is supported against the pivot axis (20) of the extension (16), the free ends are supported against the arm bearing (18), and the lower end of the leaf spring (19) facing the knee of the extension (16) forms a semirigid support in the load range and a limitedly flexible support in the overload range for the pan arm (16").
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
Analytical balance according to claim 4, characterized in that the coupling piece (9) has bearings (30) for roller-shaped substitution weights.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
55 words
Analytical balance according to claim 5, characterized in that the lower bearing point (18") of the U-shaped arm bearing (18) is formed on the coupling piece (9) by a longitudinal hole-pin bearing and the upper bearing point (18") is formed as a regulating bearing for the height, lateral and parallel regulation of the pan (17).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
67 words
Analytical balance according to claim 6, characterized in that the free end of the pan arm (16') has two cuplike recesses (29, 29') for two roller-shaped regulating weights (21, 21') which can be lowered by a moving mechanism (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28) onto the pan arm (16') to increase the load and raised against a support (2") fixed to the housing to remove load.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
Analytical balance according to claim 7, characterized in that the moving mechanism (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28) for the regulating weights (21, 21') is formed by a motor-driven cam drive (23, 24, 25, 26) with lifting forks (27, 28) which extend under the regulating weights (21, 21').
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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