Draft protection device for a balance, and balance equipped with the draft protection device
AssigneeMettler-Toledo AG
InventorsRoger Leisinger, Hansjürg Rotach
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Abstract
A draft protection device (2) has a wind-blocking body (20; 21) that consists of at least two panel elements (20A,20B, 20C; 21A, 21B) and partially encloses the weighing compartment of a balance (1) in which a weighing pan (15) is arranged. The wind-blocking body (20; 21) can be selectively positioned by hand in at least two different orientations. In each of the different orientations at least one opening is available for access to the weighing compartment. The wind-blocking body (20; 21) can be positioned by the user in such a way that the openings resulting from the differently oriented positions allow access to the weighing compartment from different directions.
Claims31
A draft protection device (2) for a balance (1) with a weighing pan (15) arranged in a weighing compartment, wherein the draft protection device (2) comprises a wind-blocking body (20;
- 21) that consists of at least two panel elements (20A, 20B, 20C;
- 21A, 21B) and partially encloses the weighing compartment, wherein the wind-blocking body (20;
- 21) is configured so that it can be selectively positioned by removal from and reseating on the balance (1) by hand in at least two different orientations, wherein in each of said different orientations at least one opening is available for access to the weighing compartment, and wherein the openings resulting from the different orientations allow access to the weighing compartment from different directions.
The draft protection device of claim 15 wherein the panel elements (20A, 20B, 20C;
- 21A, 21B), at least when positioned on the balance (1), form a profile that substantially resembles one of the letters L, V, U.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.