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US 8,495,920 · App. 12/978,123 · Granted Jul 30, 2013

Load measurement apparatus acting on pipe support

Inventors: Youn Ho Won (Busan, KR); Chang Been Jeon (Gyeonggi-Do, KR)
Assignee: Kepco Engineering & Construction Company
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Patent No.
US 8,495,920
App. No.
12/978,123
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for measuring load acting on pipe supports, the apparatus including a load cell which includes a contact portion contacting a pipe, and a measuring portion for measuring load acting from the pipe; and a gap sensor which measures a gap between the pipe support and the pipe, which is generated by a movement of the contact portion, wherein the load acting on the pipe support is measured based on the load measured by the load cell and the gap measured by the gap sensor.

Claims (9)

1. An apparatus for measuring load acting on pipe supports, the apparatus comprising:

a load cell which comprises a contact portion contacting a pipe, and a measuring portion for measuring load acting from the pipe; and

a gap sensor which measures a gap between the pipe support and the pipe, which is generated by a movement of the contact portion,

wherein the load acting on the pipe support is measured based on the load measured by the load cell and the gap measured by the gap sensor, and

wherein the contact portion is installed on the load cell so as to be movable in a direction in which load is applied to the pipe and an opposite direction, and the load cell includes a moving means which moves the contact portion relative to the measuring portion.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the moving means comprises:

a pair of screws which have screw threads in opposite directions and are installed to face each other and be separated from each other by a predetermined distance; and

a handle which is coupled to the pair of screws so as to move the pair of screws far from and closely to each other.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the load cell comprises a display portion which displays the load measured by the measuring portion and the gap measured by the gap sensor, using a 2-dimensional graph.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2010
From: WON, YOUN HO; JEON, CHANG BEEN
To: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0003944 · Jan 15, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110174085A1 · Jul 21, 2011