Load cell arrangement
AssigneeThe Babcock & Wilcox Company
InventorsDonald Laverne Forst, Edwin Benedict Schrengauer
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Abstract
An arrangement including at least one pair of load cells capable of continuously determining the quantity of material contained within a reservoir and wherein the reservoir support framework will normally convey the load through both cells and includes structural members which can be positioned to by-pass the load around a defective cell and permit the removal thereof without interrupting the operation of the other cell.
Claims15
In combination with a material transport system including at least one reservoir for accumulating a predetermined quantity of material, at least one pair of load monitors capable of continuously determining the quantity of material contained within said reservoir, and support structure normally conveying the reservoir load through both of the monitors, said support structure including means allowing replacement of one of the monitors without interruption of operation of said other monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.