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Granted Patent B2
US 9,188,476 · App. 14/049,714 · Granted Nov 17, 2015

Weighing device for use in a water treatment system

Inventor: Manfred Volker (Blankenbach, DE)
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Patent No.
US 9,188,476
App. No.
14/049,714
Granted
Nov 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The water treatment system, particularly reverse-osmosis system, comprising a salt water container, is characterized in that the salt water container is arranged on a weighing device which measures the weight of the salt water container.

Claims (10)

1. A weighing device for use in a water treatment system, comprises

a salt water container, and

a weighing device onto which the salt water container is arranged, the weighing device having a platform,

a plurality of upright wall sections on the platform for centering the salt water container on the platform,

a plurality of feet fastened beneath a respective plurality of supports which extend from the platform in star-shaped configuration at the same angle relative to one another and hold the feet at the same distance relative to one another and from the center of the platform, and

a single weighing cell, said cell being disposed between one of said feet and the weighing platform.

2. The water treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the weighing device is designed as an independent constructional understructure.

3. The water treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the platform rests on the supports.

4. The water treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the weighing cell is connected to electronics which processes the signals thereof.

5. The water treatment system according to claim 4 , wherein an optical and/or acoustic warning indicator is connected to the electronics, which outputs a warning signal when a predetermined limit value is reached.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2017
From: VÖLKER, MANFRED
To: VIVONIC GMBH
Reel/Frame 044239/0029 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 011 751 · Jul 13, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150014068A1 · Jan 15, 2015