Flow line weighing device
OwnerPeter A. Reuterinventor
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Abstract
A flow line weighing device for weighing material flowing over a plate. The plate has one or more force transducers mounted on the plate so that the plate is directly and solely supported by the transducer or transducers. The output signal, or additive signal, of the transducer or transducers, respectively, is processed to give a readout which is independent of the area of the plate. Thus a direct reading is obtained without the requirement of the mechanical transmission of a force to the sensing units.
Claims7
A flow line weighing device for weighing flowable material, the device comprising a non-horizontal plate having a front surface against which the flowable material impinges, characterized in that the plate is supported solely by a plurality of force transducers attached to and in direct contact with the rear surface of the plate, and an electronic circuit to process signals from said force transducers developed by the horizontal component of the impinging force to provide a read-out independent of the area of the front surface of the plate which is impinged by the fluent material being weighed.
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