Scales
AssigneeCarag AG
InventorsJevgenij Mannhart, Cyrill Röthlin, Marc Robert, Jéôme Bernhard
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Abstract
The invention relates to a scale having a base plate (1), a bed plate (2) located at a distance above the base plate (1) for supporting an object to be weighed, and elastic spacing elements (3) located between the base plate (1) and the bed plate (2). Said scale further comprises a weighing means for determining the weight of the object, said weighing means being at least one inductive proximity sensor (10, 20, 4). Said scale is robustly constructed and allows great flexibility in the external design of the scale.
Claims8
A set of scales having a baseplate, and a placement plate, which is arranged at a distance above the baseplate, for the placement of an object to be weighed, having resilient distance elements which are arranged between the baseplate and the placement plate, and having a weighing means for determining the weight of the object, the weighing means being formed by at least one inductive proximity sensor, wherein the at least one proximity sensor, comprises an electric coil and a metallic, ferromagnetic or paramagnetic reference plate, wherein the electric coil is arranged in one of the placement plate and the baseplate, and the reference plate is arranged in the respective other of the placement plate and the baseplate or formed therefrom.
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