Patent ID: 6177639
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G01G,Y10S

Abstract:
A swing and roll load cell mount, comprising:a weigh bridge;a saddle mounted to said weigh bridge, said saddle having an upper surface adapted for attachment to said weigh bridge, and having a pair of downwardly extending arms having substantially semi-circular cut-outs in bottom edges of said arms;a bottom pin on which said cut-outs of said arms rest, said arms being freely rotatable on said bottom pin;a pair of link plates having a top hole and a bottom hole, with said bottom pin extending through said bottom hole of said pair of link plates and being freely rotatable within said link plates, with said link plates being spaced apart;a top pin, said top pin extending through said top hole of said pair of link plates and being freely rotatable within said link plates;a base; anda compression load cell mounted on said base and having a substantially hourglass shaped medial groove, with said top pin resting in said medial groove of said load cell and said bottom pin passing below said load cell;wherein said saddle is supported in a manner that allows said saddle and said weigh bridge to swing longitudinally on a combination of said top and bottom pins and said pair of link plates, and further allows said top pin to roll transversely on said medial groove of said load cell while maintaining a load force in a substantially centered position on said load cell.