Turntable integrated scale
AssigneeLantech.com, LLC
InventorsCurtis W. Martin, Gary L. Peters
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Abstract
A turntable that can be used with a machine for wrapping loads with packaging material includes a turntable assembly having a first support assembly and a load support surface supported for rotation on the first support assembly. A second support assembly contacts a floor surface, and a plurality of load cells disposed between the first and second support assemblies space the first support assembly and the load support surface above the floor surface. In use, the load cells sense a weight of a load on the load support surface.
Claims11
A turntable assembly, comprising:
- a load support surface;
- a drive assembly configured to rotate the load support surface;
- a first support assembly supporting the drive assembly and the load support surface;
- a plurality of load cell assemblies supporting the first support assembly, the plurality of load cell assemblies determining a value indicative of a weight of a load on the load support surface when the load is placed on the load support surface;
- a second support assembly supporting the plurality of load cell assemblies;
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- at least one tie bar assembly extending between the first support assembly and the second support assembly, the tie bar assembly constraining the first support assembly relative to the second support assembly for movement in a direction substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the load support surface.
An apparatus for wrapping a load with packaging material, comprising:
- a turntable assembly, comprising:
- a first support assembly,
- a load support surface supported on the first support assembly for rotation with respect thereto,
- a second support assembly positioned radially outside the first support assembly and contacting a floor surface,
- a plurality of load cell assemblies extending radially between the first support assembly and the second support assembly, and
- at least one tie bar assembly extending between the first support assembly and the second support assembly, the tie bar assembly constraining the first support assembly relative to the second support assembly for movement in a direction substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the load support surface;
- whereby the first support assembly and the load support surface are spaced above the floor surface and the plurality of load cell assemblies sense a weight of a load on the load support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.