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Granted Patent B2
US 12,385,776 · App. 18/012,197 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Windshield for balance

Inventor: Hisanori Oda (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
G01G21/286G01G21/22
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Patent No.
US 12,385,776
App. No.
18/012,197
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The windshield includes an outer windshield defining a weighing chamber, and an inner windshield disposed inside the outer windshield and covering the weighing pan, the outer windshield includes a pair of left and right sliding doors openable and closable in side surfaces, and the inner windshield is provided with an opening in a surface facing one of the sliding doors, and a shielding wall is provided at a lower portion of the opening. An air flow generated when the sliding door of the outer windshield is opened or closed moves along a floor surface of the outer windshield toward the weighing pan, but is blocked by the shielding wall and does not flow into the inside of the inner windshield.

Claims (19)

1. A windshield for a balance, comprising:

an outer windshield defining a weighing chamber; and an inner windshield disposed inside

the outer windshield and covering a weighing pan, wherein

the outer windshield has an openable and closable sliding door in a side surface, and

the inner windshield is provided with an opening opened in a surface facing the sliding door, and a shielding wall that blocks inflow of air to the inner windshield is provided at a lower portion of the opening of the inner windshield.

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

an upper end of the shielding wall is at substantially the same height position as a height position of the weighing pan.

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

the sliding door is provided in each of a pair of side surfaces of the outer windshield, and

the inner windshield is provided detachably, and configured to be installed so that the opening of the inner windshield faces one of the sliding doors.

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

the sliding door is provided in each of a pair of side surfaces of the outer windshield, and

the inner windshield is provided detachably, and configured to be installed so that the opening of the inner windshield faces one of the sliding doors.

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

the sliding door is provided in each of a pair of side surfaces of the outer windshield, and

the inner windshield is provided rotatably, and configured to be installed so that the opening of the inner windshield faces one of the sliding doors.

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

the sliding door is provided in each of a pair of side surfaces of the outer windshield, and

the inner windshield is provided rotatably, and configured to be installed so that the opening of the inner windshield faces one of the sliding doors.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2022
From: ODA, HISANORI
To: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 062243/0139 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230304848A1 · Sep 28, 2023
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