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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1993
Paul Luechinger, Uster, CH;
Eduard Fringeli, Bubikon, CH;
Mettler-Toledo AG, Greifensee, CH;
Abstract
A top or side wall of a weighing scale housing includes a plurality of relatively movable segments that are slidably displaceable between closed and open positions, thereby to afford access to a weighing chamber defined within the housing, at least the longitudinal edge portions of the segments being in continuous overlapping relation. The end portions of the segments are guided within guide grooves formed in the housing wall on opposite sides of an access opening contained therein. Catch devices connected with the longitudinal edges of successive segments are engaged upon displacement of a first segment relative to the housing, thereby to effect corresponding displacement of a second segment.