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US 4,354,562 AGranted
Electronic weighing device
OwnerMartin H. Newmaninventor
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Abstract
An electronic weighing device is described wherein a Hall effect device and its associated magnetic field is used to provide an electrical signal proportional to the weight of an object and the signal is used to operate a display device. In one embodiment the Hall effect device and a magnet are mounted between a base platform and the weighing platform of the scale to respond to relative motion therebetween and the weighing platform is supported from the base platform by a plurality of resilient support members.
Claims9
An electronic weighing device comprising:
- a weighing surface for receiving an object to be weighed, so that when the object is placed on said weighing surface, the surface is displaced in response to the weight of the object acting on it;
- sensing means for sensing the displacement of said weighing surface and providing an electrical output signal that is proportional to the distance moved;
- display means for displaying the weight of said object;
- and
- circuit means for converting the output signal of said sensing means to a form suitable for operating said display means;
- wherein said sensing means comprises a linear Hall effect device and its associated magnetic field.
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An electronic weighing device comprising:
- a stationary surface;
- a weighing surface supported from said stationary surface for relative motion therebetween;
- a plurality of resilient support members supporting said weighing surface, so that the resilience of said members permits said relative motion between the stationary surface and the weighing surface;
- a linear Hall effect device and a magnet arranged to sense said relative motion between said stationary surface and said weighing surface and to produce an output signal proportional to the distance moved;
- display means for displaying the weight of an object placed on the weighing surface;
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- circuits means for converting the output signal to a form suitable for operating said display means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.