Patent ID: 8017878
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. A support structure for a mass sensor used in scales, comprising a floating frame portion for receiving a load, the portion being accommodated in a case and provided on one end side; a fixed portion provided to the other side, wherein a weight of an object to be weighed placed on a scale pan is received by a receiving part and a mass of the object to be weighed is detected; and a C-shaped spring member being vertically arranged and provided with a first moveable horizontal extending arm that is fixed to the fixed portion, the C-shaped spring member supporting said mass sensor, the C-shaped spring member being interposed between the fixed portion and the case; wherein the fixed portion and the case are structural components, and the C-shaped spring member is elastically deformed in advance to thereby apply pressing/urging force to the fixed portion of the mass sensor to make contact with a structural component side, and elastically deforms so that the fixed portion separates from the contact location when a force greater than the pressing/urging force is applied.