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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
May. 07, 1999
Hans-Rudolf Burkhard, Wila, CH;
Ferdinand Schneider, Winterthur, CH;
Mettler-Toledo GmbH, Greifensee, CH;
Abstract
In a balance with a parallel-guided load receiver (,) and a force-reduction mechanism using a series of two levers (,), the input arm (,) of the first lever (,) to which the weight force of the load to be weighed is applied is extended into the space outside of the load receiver (,) and past a force transducer (,) arranged in that space, the end of the extension being equipped with a coupling area (,) for a calibration weight (,). This accomplishes a large lever-reduction of the calibration force in combination with a compact configuration, thus allowing a full-load calibration of the balance to be performed with a relatively small calibration weight (,).