IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,002,591
Granted Patent B2
US 11,002,591 · App. 16/381,094 · Granted May 11, 2021

Laboratory balance with a weighing chamber rear wall of modular construction

Inventors: Alice Buchmann (Uster, CH); Beat Meister (Naenikon, CH); Marc Zehnder (Uster, CH)
Assignee: Mettler-Toledo GmbH
G01G21/286G01G21/23
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,002,591
App. No.
16/381,094
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laboratory balance ( 1 ) has a base body ( 2 ), a weighing chamber ( 10 ) with a weighing chamber floor ( 3 ), a weighing chamber rear wall ( 4 ), and a draft shield ( 5,5′,5 ″). The draft shield has a top wall ( 6 ), a first side wall ( 7 ), a second side wall ( 8 ) arranged parallel to the first side wall, and a front wall ( 9 ). The weighing chamber floor, the draft shield and the weighing chamber rear wall act together to enclose the weighing chamber. The weighing chamber rear wall has a modular construction, with at least a base module ( 15 ) and a top module ( 16,16′,16 ″). The base module is connected to the base body, and the top module is connected to the top wall of the draft shield.

Claims (24)

1. A laboratory balance, comprising:

a base body;

a weighing chamber, with a weighing chamber floor and a weighing chamber rear wall; and

a draft shield, with a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall arranged parallel to the first side wall, and a front wall,

wherein the weighing chamber floor, the draft shield and the weighing chamber rear wall co-act to enclose the weighing chamber, and

wherein the weighing chamber rear wall comprises a base module that is connected to the base body, and a top module that is connected to the top wall of the draft shield.

2. The laboratory balance of claim 1 , wherein the base module and the top module co-act to form the weighing chamber rear wall.

3. The laboratory balance of claim 2 , wherein the weighing chamber rear wall formed by the base module and the top module has at least one smooth surface in vertical direction.

4. The laboratory balance of claim 1 , wherein the base module has a width that is equal to or exceeds a width of the base body.

5. The laboratory balance of claim 1 , wherein the base module has a width that is smaller than a width of the base body.

6. The laboratory balance of claim 1 , wherein the base module is positioned normal to the base body.

7. The laboratory balance of claim 1 , wherein the base module and the top module each has a front surface profile, in cross-sectional planes that run parallel to the weighing chamber floor, the respective front surface profiles being identical.

8. The laboratory balance of claim 1 , wherein the top module is positioned above the base module.

9. The laboratory balance of claim 1 , wherein the top module is positioned in front of the base module such that the top module overlaps the base module.

10. The laboratory balance of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one further module, arranged in the weighing chamber rear wall, between the base module and the top module.

11. The laboratory balance of claim 10 , wherein the top module, the at least one further module and the base module co-act to form the weighing chamber rear wall.

12. The laboratory balance of claim 10 , wherein the base module, the top module and each said further module has a front surface profile, in cross-sectional planes that run parallel to the weighing chamber floor, the respective front surface profiles being identical.

13. The laboratory balance of claim 1 , wherein the top module of the weighing chamber rear wall is replaceable by a top module of a different height.

14. The laboratory balance of claim 1 , wherein the draft shield is replaceable by a draft shield of different height commensurate with the total height of the weighing chamber rear wall.

15. The laboratory balance of claim 3 , further comprising:

at least one further module, arranged in the weighing chamber rear wall, between the base module and the top module.

16. The laboratory balance of claim 15 , wherein the top module, the at least one further module and the base module co-act to form the weighing chamber rear wall.

17. The laboratory balance of claim 15 , wherein the base module, the top module and each said further module has a front surface profile, in cross-sectional planes that run parallel to the weighing chamber floor, the respective front surface profiles being identical.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2019
From: BUCHMANN, ALICE; MEISTER, BEAT; ZEHNDER, MARC
To: METTLER-TOLEDO GMBH
Reel/Frame 050756/0445 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 18167731 · Apr 17, 2018 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190316954A1 · Oct 17, 2019
Cited By (15)
US 1,060,073 US 1,060,074 US 1,060,075 US 1,060,077 US 1,060,078 US 1,060,079 US 1,060,080 US 1,060,081 US 1,060,082 US 1,060,083 US 1,060,084 US 1,060,085 US 1,060,087 US 12,253,406 US 12,385,776