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Granted Patent B2
US 12,146,783 · App. 17/765,788 · Granted Nov 19, 2024

Windshield for balance

Inventor: Hisanori Oda (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
G01G21/30
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Patent No.
US 12,146,783
App. No.
17/765,788
Granted
Nov 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A windshield for a balance which has a door that can be automatically opened and closed or half opened and half closed is provided. The windshield includes doors to which air cylinders are joined as driving means, sensors for monitoring movements of the doors, pressure sensors configured to monitor a pressure of air to be supplied to the air cylinders of the driving means, and a control unit configured to stop an air supply to the air cylinders when a pressure of air monitored by the pressure sensor exceeds a predetermined value. Stoppers are disposed on movement paths of the doors to block movement, and when air pressure inside the air cylinder increases to the predetermined value due to contact with the stopper, the door stops. The door can be freely fully opened and half-opened according to the position of the stopper.

Claims (7)

1. A windshield for a balance to be provided for a balance, the windshield having a door to be automatically opened and closed by a driving means, comprising:

a sensor configured to monitor movement of the door;

a stopper disposed on a movement path of the door and configured to block movement of the door; and

a control unit configured to stop the driving means when the sensor detects that movement of the door has been blocked,

wherein an opening degree of the door is determined according to a position where the stopper is disposed.

2. The windshield for a balance according to claim 1 , wherein an air cylinder is joined as the driving means to the door, the sensor is a pressure sensor configured to monitor a pressure of air to be supplied to the air cylinder, and the control unit is configured to stop the supply of air to the air cylinder when the pressure of air monitored by the pressure sensor exceeds a predetermined value.

3. The windshield for a balance according to claim 1 , wherein the stopper is supported turnably near the door and the stopper is selectively disposed on or out of a movement path of the door according to a turning angle of the stopper.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2022
From: ODA, HISANORI
To: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059476/0199 →
Continuity (1)
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