Sartorius

Sartorius-werke Gmbh

Sartorius-werke Gmbh (und Vorm. Gottinger Prazisions-waagenfabrik Gmbh)

Sartorius-werke Gmbh (und Vorm. Gottinger Prazisionswaagenfabrick Gmbh)

Erich Knothe

Franz-Josef Melcher

Christoph Berg

Christian Oldendorf

Gunther Maaz

Jurgen Ober

Franz J Melcher

Dieter Blawert

Eberhard Stadler

Walter Sodler

Klaus Dardat

Hans-Heinrich Kohne

Lothar Behrend

Volker Handwerk

Gerhard Lorenz

Matthias Eger

Gunter Pradel

Eduard Bierich

Veronika Martens

Rainer Exner

Karl-Heinz Rademacher

Franz Rossmann

Bernd Schubart

J/u/ Rgen Ober

Herbert Engelhardt

Heinz G Kohn

Kurt Hennemuth

Joachim Madge

In an electric precision balance with scale on top, protected against the penetration of foreign bodies and with a low-displacement measuring system (1), a parallel-guided balance scale carrier (3) for a balance scale (11) which is guided without contact through a housing opening (4) of a surrounding system housing (2) or protective cap, the balance scale carrier (3) is designed for its part with its part running upward outside of the system housing (2) as a protective hood (8) which covers the system housing (2) at least at the top and the sides and which comprises receiving bearings (9) at the low edge (8') for intermediary members (10) which support the balance scale (11), said intermediary members are surrounded without contact by casings (12) which form foreign-body baffles open at the top and the bottom which are a component of a general housing (7) surrounding the system housing (2) and said general housing comprises drainage openings (17,17') located in its low bottom parts.

Precision balance with scale on top

Method and apparatus of storing data in an electrically erasable memory connected to a microprocessor to effectively protect data stored in the memory from being unintentionally overwritten in cases of defective operation of the microprocessor, an overwrite protection system consisting of a write protect flip-flop (1) whose two logical states signify 'with write protection' and 'without write protction' and also a gate (3) in the write line which is controlled by the write protect flip-flop and in whose logical 'with write protection' state, write errors are prevented from being conducted to the individual memory locations, and, finally a mechanical switch element (5) whereby these components are connected in such a manner that the write protect flip-flop (1) can only be brought into the one logical 'with write protection' state by the microprocessor, while it can only be brought into the other logical 'without write protection' state, if and when the mechanical switch element (5) is actuated. The overwrite protection can apply depending on the embodiment to the entire electronically erasable memory or only to the subareas thereof.

Method for storing data in an electrically erasable memory for carrying

A wind guard for a balance is suggested which consists of at least two cylindrically curved wall elements, in which each wall element is connected to a corresponding segment of the circular covering surface. In this manner, the balance scale is readily accessible both from the side and also from above when the wind guard is open.

Balance with wind guard

A drying balance with a radiation source (11) for heating and drying a substance distributed on a balance scale (5), with a temperature sensor (8) for monitoring and controlling the output of the radiation source (11) and with electronic evaluating circuitry (33) for evaluating the measured values of the balance and for controlling the drying balance that a temperature gauging disk (14) with another temperature sensor built in be used in order to determine in a temperature gauging cycle the deviation of the output signal of the temperature sensor (8) from the output signal of the other temperature sensor built into the temperature gauging disk (14) and to calculate a correction factor from them and to store this correction factor. Then, the output signal of the temperature sensor (8) is multiplied by this correction factor during dryings in order to obtain the true temperature of the substance. Different coefficients of absorption of different substances can be mimiced by surfaces on the temperature gauging disk which exhibit different sizes and a high absorption capacity or a low absorption capacity.

Drying balance with temperature control

The invention is relative to a method of statically (non-multiplexed) actuating a liquid crystal display which comprises several segments and a common back electrode, using a microprocessor which serially outputs the data to be displayed, and using a serial/parallel converter which statically makes the data to be displayed available for each segment of the liquid crystal display. The invention has the task of achieving recognition of functional error as follows: The data to be displayed is outputted approximately every 0.1 second by the microprocessor and the data for the individual segments and for the back electrode is inverted at every second data output. The failure of components then results in a blinking of the particular segment and is conspicuously indicated in this manner. In the case of alternating voltage actuation of the liquid crystal display, it is advantageous if the clock pulse of the alternating voltage actuation is also inverted at every second data output.

Method and apparatus for actuating a liquid crystal display with

Electronic balance

In an analytical balance with scale on top with a scale carrier which is directly operatively connected to the measured value receiver, with a balance scale disk (6) which rests in a removable manner on the scale carrier, with a weighing chamber which surrounds the balance scale disk (6), the scale carrier and the measured value receiver, with a weighing chamber lock which constitutes the communication between the weighing chamber and the environment and which consists of two sets of closing doors or elements located in a vertically displaced manner in the form of a lock and with a transport device which can move the balance scale between a weighing position on the scale carrier and a loading position outside of the weighing position on the scale carrier and a loading position outside of the weighing chamber, the two closing elements of the weighing chamber lock are located above one another. The lower closing element consists of at least one level, horizontal plate which can be shifted in the plate plane. The upper closing element consists of at least one level plate or of a cylindrically bent plate which can be shifted in the plate plane or in the cylinder surface. The transport device for the balance scale disk moves the latter essentially vertically.

Analytical balance with scale on top and with weighing chamber lock

LCD display boards for electronic balances frequently also comprise, alongside the digits for the digital display of the weighing result, additional fields in which additional information is displayed by means of alphanumeric signs. The invention suggests that the segments of the digits for displaying the weighing result be individually provided with a line and controlled in parallel in order to achieve a very good display quality and that the segments for the display of the alphanumeric signs of the additional field, e.g. a 5.times.7 matrix, be connected in such a manner that they can be serially controlled in order to prevent the number of lines required from becoming too great.

LCD display board for an electronic balance

The invention indicates a balance with counting scale in which the resolution of the balance with counting scale can be increased in the determination of the reference weight of light pieces without an additional switching key operated from the outside. To this end, a comparator (14) is present in the built-in electronic circuitry which is actuated when the transfer key (8) is pressed and which frees the transfer of the weight into the memory (16) and the determination of the average individual weight when a set threshold is exceeded, while, when this threshold is dropped below, it does not free the transfer of the weight into the memory and increases the resolution of the balance by a given factor.

Balance with counting scale

In a drying balance with scale on top and with a radiation source for heating and drying material to be weighed located on the balance scale, the radiation source (11) is permanently located behind the balance scale (5) and a bent cover (7) which functions as a radiation deflector is movably located over the balance scale (5). This makes the construction lower and a moving of the radiation source (11) with its electric connections is avoided when the balance scale (5) is loaded. Moreover, differently constructed inner surfaces (7') of the cover (17) permit the drying balance to easily adapt to different radiation sources (11) and to different drying tasks.

Drying balance with scale on top

In a balance, having a top mounted scale that is protected by a box-like structure (2) consisting of glass, is set on the housing base (1) of the balance. The box-like structure encloses a weighing area (5) on all sides around the balance scale (28) of the housing base (1). The front side of the structure (2), which faces the display and operating console (3), forms a load carrying vertical pane (6) consisting entirely of glass which is connected to a glass back wall (7) by at least one holding and guide track (15, 16) which runs from the upper edge of the front pane to the upper edge of the back pane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing, limiting the weighing area (5) at the top. The two side walls of the structure (2) are constructed as all-glass sliding doors (8, 10) which are guided at the bottom in the housing base (1) and at the top as bent side extensions (9, 11) in the associated guide and holding track (15, 16). The side extensions (9, 11) are structural members of the cover of the structure (2) and close and open the weighing area (5) at the top. A bracing member (17) is located for bracing purposes in the area of the back wall (7). This bracket connects the two sides of the housing base (1) in a U-shaped manner and also extends over the slides (8, 10, 12) and the one or two holding and guide tracks (15, 16), additionally fixing the latter in the rear area.

Balance with a protective box-like structure

It is necessary, when high requirements are demanded from balances, that the effect of different disturbance variables such as, e.g., temperature and/or moisture on the measuring system be corrected. To this end, temperature and moisture sensors are used from whose output signal correction values are calculated. The invention suggests that a storage area be provided into which the instantaneous measured results of these sensors are stored in succession, where they remain stored for a set time. This data stemming from different times, evaluated with set weighting factors, could then be used to calculate the corrections. This makes it possible to obtain a good correction of changing disturbances even with a different behavior in time of sensors and measuring system.

Electric balance

The invention discloses an electronic balance comprising a measured value receiver (23) and an electronic evaluation unit (14) having a digital display (10) and an analog display (6), whereby both displays are controlled by the electronic evaluation unit (14). A digital input keyboard (12) is used for inputting the set weight value of a loading. The electronic evaluation unit (14) contains a memory (15) and an arithmetic unit (16) which permit the values indicated in the digital display (10) and in the analog display (6) to be differentiated against each other by the amount stored in the memory (15) so that during a loading procedure the digital display (10) runs from the negative set weight value to 0g and the analog display (6) from 0% to 100%. The analog display (6) consists of adjacent bars (7) which can be shited in their lightness, whereby the length of the individual bars continuously decreases from 0% to 100% of the set weight value, and continuously increases again over 100% of the set weight value.

Electronic balance with digital and analog display

In order to make it possible to display a consecutive number in a simple manner in an electronic balance having a digital display (10) and a 10-key keyboard (12), the invention provides that a light source (16) be associated with each of the keys of the 10-key keyboard and that the counter for the consecutive number actuates the light source of the 10-key keyboard which corresponds to its counter reading. The counter is actuated by a tare key and other light sources are provided to indicate larger decades.

Electronic balance with dual purpose 10-key keyboard

In an electronic balance for application in potentially explosive areas, the weighing system, the electronic evaluation unit and the digital display unit have an intrinsically safe design with regard to the possibility of explosions. All lead connections are supplied with low voltages and the power unit when present is located outside the electronic balance and connected to the electronic balance via an explosion-safe lead and plug connections with an intrinsically safe design with regard to an explosion. In an alternative the power unit can be encapsulated in a pressure-proof manner, powder-filled, force-ventilated or located outside the potentially combustible gaseous explosive area. It is also contemplated that a battery which is intrinsically safe with regard to explosions can also be used in the housing of the electronic balance instead of a separate power unit.

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Bovenden, Germany

Erich Knothe