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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2002
Matthias Winterberg, Hamburg, DE;
Claus-Dieter Sievers, Hamburg, DE;
Seca GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a bed scale with a plurality of measuring feet which each support one leg of the bed and are provided with a force transducer which delivers a signal representing a weight force acting on the measuring foot and furthermore with an evaluation device which is connected to the transmission devices in the measuring feet for receiving the signal in order to deliver a result dependent on the weight force bearing thereon. In order to improve the ease of handling and the user-friendliness it is provided according to the invention that each measuring foot has an angle lever arrangement displaceable on the floor on sliding elements, preferably rollers ( ), which swivellably bears at a shorter lever arm ( ) a rocker ( ) which can be pushed laterally onto the leg of the bed standing on the floor to accommodate it, the suspension mounting of the rocker ( ) at the shorter lever arm ( ) and the longer activating lever ( ) of the angle lever arrangement being arranged such that, upon the pressing down of the activating lever ( ), the rocker ( ) is lifted and its suspension mounting ( ) is moved beyond the dead centre in which the suspension mounting ( ) of the rocker ( ) lies vertically above the sliding elements ( ) of the angle lever arrangement. As a result the bed can, by simple working of the activating lever, be brought into the lifted position for measurement on the measuring feet.