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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans-Rudolf Burkhard, Wila, CH;
Ferdinand Schneider, Winterthur, CH;
Assignee:
Mettler-Toledo GmbH, Greifensee, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/04 ;
Abstract
To protect a force-measuring device from being damaged by an overload, the load receiver ( ) has a first part ( ) that receives the force to be measured and a second part ( ) that transfers the force to a measuring transducer. The two parts, together with two parallel guide members ( ) by which they are connected, are portions of a monolithic material block that are separated from each other by a material-free space ( ) in the form of a thin linear cut. A pre-tensioned elastic element ( ) urging the two parts ( ) into spring-loaded engagement is arranged inside a cavity of the second part ( ).