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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1986
Erich Knothe, Eddigehausen, DE;
Hans-Heinrich Kohne, Gottingen, DE;
Sartorius GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
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.