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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2010
Kazufumi Naito, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Suzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kazufumi Naito, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Suzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinko Denshi Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A platform scale is provided including a plurality of component force damping devices. The platform scale for weighing an object by supporting a support member that supports the object by a plurality of load detection units includes at least four component force damping devices, each comprising a plurality of needle bearings disposed in parallel and a pair of opposed plates for sandwiching the the needle bearings, so that the pair of plates make a relative movement in a direction of the arrangement of the needle bearings. The four component force damping devices are in contact with the support member at four locations that form a rectangle. Directions of the relative movement of any two component force damping devices located at the same side of the rectangle are different, while directions of the relative movement of any two component force damping devices at diagonal locations of the rectangle are identical.