Patent ID: 7193164
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. A draft protection device for a balance having a scale top cover and vertically extending rods attached to corners of the scale top cover, and a weighing dish, the draft protection device comprising stationary front and rear panels and slidable side panels and a flip top panel, front and rear top frames extending across top ends of the rods, wherein the front and rear panels engage in grooves of the scale flip top panel and of the front and top frames, wherein, in the assembled state, the front and rear panels are in contact with the rods, the side panels being slidable in grooves of the front and rear top frames and on the scale flip top panel, wherein the side panels have means for controlling the travel range of the side panels on the scale flip top panel, and wherein the flip top cover is connected to the rear top frame so as to be pivotable.