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US 4,064,955 AGranted
Vehicle weighing scale
AssigneeCanadian Patents and Development Limited
InventorGeorge J. Dyck
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Abstract
A scale for weighing vehicles in motion comprising a rigid load platform supporting structure having torque transmitting bars arranged around the perimeter thereof and a support and roller assembly associated with each end of each torque bar for low friction, and a single load cell operating with low vertical travel.
Claims8
A scale for weighing vehicles in motion comprising:
- a. a load supporting platform;
- b. a fixed base structure;
- c. means for interconnecting the platform with the base structure to allow vertical motion of the platform, the interconnecting means comprising at least three torque transmitting bars arranged around the perimeter of the load supporting platform, and a support and roller assembly associated with each end of each torque transmitting bar, each of said support and roller assemblies comprising first, second, third, and fourth support element pairs, the first support element pair being attached to the platform, the second and third pair being attached to horizontally opposite sides of the torque bar and the fourth pair being attached to the base structure, one of each support element pair having an upwardly facing bearing surface and the other of each pair having a downwardly facing bearing surface, and rollers disposed between adjacent upwardly and downwardly facing bearing surfaces of the first and second support element pairs, and between adjacent surfaces of the third and fourth pairs;
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- d. a load measuring device operating with low vertical travel disposed between the platform and the base structure.
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