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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul Lüchinger, Uster, CH;
Assignee:
Mettler-Toledo GmbH, Greifensee, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 2/100 ; G01G 2/128 ; G01G 2/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 2/100 ; G01G 2/128 ; G01G 2/108 ;
Abstract
A balance ( ) has a weighing compartment ( ) and a balance housing ( ), which contains a weighing cell ( ) and forms a rear wall ( ) and a floor ( ) for the weighing compartment ( ). A weighing-load carrier ( ) is arranged on a cantilever arm ( ) of the weighing cell ( ). The rear wall ( ) of the weighing compartment is equipped with a stationary holder system ( ) that allows a variety of weighing-compartment accessories to be releasably installed at different levels above the floor ( ) of the weighing compartment.