Animal weighing scale
AssigneeA&D Company, Limited
InventorsNaoto Izumo, Ken Ihara, Shunsuke Kasamatsu
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Abstract
Provided is an animal weighing scale that automatically measures a weight of an animal by a simple configuration. The animal weighing scale includes a breeding container for laboratory animals and a scale including a weighing pan supported by a weight sensor, the weighing pan is disposed inside a breeding space of the breeding container, and the weight sensor is disposed inside or outside the breeding space, and accordingly, based on a measurement value change when an animal inside the container is placed onto the pan, a weight change of the animal can be continuously recorded.
Claims8
An animal weighing scale comprising:
- a breeding container for laboratory animals;
- and
- a scale including a weighing pan supported by a weight sensor,
- wherein the scale includes
- a pan supporting post to support the weighing pan,
- a bottom surface of a breeding space of the breeding container has a bottom surface opening through which the pan supporting post is inserted,
- the pan supporting post projects to the inside of the breeding space from the bottom surface of the breeding space,
- the weighing pan is disposed inside the breeding space,
- the weight sensor is disposed outside the breeding space, and
- between the pan supporting post and the bottom surface opening, a circumferential wall surrounding the pan supporting post in the circumferential direction is formed, and an outer circumference of the circumferential wall substantially matches the bottom surface opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.