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US 12,140,471 · App. 17/765,789 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Windshield for balance

Inventor: Hisanori Oda (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
G01G21/30
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Patent No.
US 12,140,471
App. No.
17/765,789
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A windshield for an electronic balance is provided which includes air cylinders incorporated inside as driving mechanisms, doors supported by a hanging manner by guide holes at least one end portion of which is open, and joint members interposed between the air cylinders and the doors. The joint members are also supported in a hanging manner in the guide holes, and upper portions of the joint members are joined to the air cylinders incorporated inside. The doors can be automatically opened and closed, and can be easily joined to and released from the driving mechanisms, and easily detached from the windshield by a simple structure.

Claims (20)

1. A windshield having a door to be automatically opened and closed by a driving mechanism incorporated inside, comprising:

a joint member interposed between the driving mechanism and the door, and at least partially exposed to the outside of the windshield, wherein

the door is configured to be detachable, and detachably joined to the joint member at an outside exposed portion of the joint member, and the door is opened and closed by the driving mechanism through the joint member.

2. The windshield for a balance according to claim 1 , wherein

the door is supported on a rail at least one end portion of which is open, and is configured to open and close by being driven by the driving mechanism to slide along the rail.

3. The windshield for a balance according to claim 1 , wherein

the driving mechanism is an air cylinder disposed parallel to an opening and closing direction of the door, and

the joint member is joined to a piston rod of the air cylinder, and further, detachably joined to the door at the portion exposed to the outside from the windshield.

4. The windshield for a balance according to claim 1 , wherein

the door is supported in a hanging manner by a guide hole at least one end portion of which is open, and

the joint member is disposed in a state where at least a portion of the joint member is inserted through the guide hole, and is joined at the portion inserted through the guide hole to the incorporated driving mechanism, and is joined at a portion not inserted through the guide hole to the door.

5. The windshield for a balance according to claim 2 , wherein

the driving mechanism is an air cylinder disposed parallel to an opening and closing direction of the door, and

the joint member is joined to a piston rod of the air cylinder, and further, detachably joined to the door at the portion exposed to the outside from the windshield.

6. The windshield for a balance according to claim 2 , wherein

the door is supported in a hanging manner by a guide hole at least one end portion of which is open, and

the joint member is disposed in a state where at least a portion of the joint member is inserted through the guide hole, and is joined at the portion inserted through the guide hole to the incorporated driving mechanism, and is joined at a portion not inserted through the guide hole to the door.

7. The windshield for a balance according to claim 3 , wherein

the door is supported in a hanging manner by a guide hole at least one end portion of which is open, and

the joint member is disposed in a state where at least a portion of the joint member is inserted through the guide hole, and is joined at the portion inserted through the guide hole to the incorporated driving mechanism, and is joined at a portion not inserted through the guide hole to the door.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2022
From: ODA, HISANORI
To: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220333975A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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