Patent ID: 7834278
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: E05D,E05Y,E06B,G01G

Abstract:
1. A laboratory instrument having a working compartment with access from three sides thereof when at least partially opened, the instrument comprising: a housing that contains a weighing cell and which comprises a floor, a top cover, a front and a rear wall, and a pair of sidewalls that delimit the working compartment, the sidewalls and the front wall each being arranged to slide linearly between a closed position and an open position, a load receiver, arranged in the working compartment and connected to the weighing cell; and at least one guiding device that guides the front wall, as a unit or as a plurality of coupled portions, in an angular swivel movement, as well as the linear sliding movement, between the open and closed positions, such that simultaneous at least partial opening of each of the two sidewalls and the front wall provides the access.