Patent ID: 7319198
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. A non-encased weighing cell with a weighing-cell body ( 1 ), comprising a head ( 2 ), a trunk ( 3 ) and a foot ( 4 ), wherein the head ( 2 ) is set apart from the trunk ( 3 ) by at least one top recess ( 5 ), which extends in a rotationally symmetrical manner around the longitudinal axis of the weighing-cell body ( 1 ), wherein the top recess ( 5 ) comprises a first surface ( 12 ) that tapers off towards the trunk ( 3 ) and a second surface ( 13 ) that tapers off towards the head ( 2 ); the trunk ( 3 ) is essentially cylindrical in shape, and the trunk ( 3 ) is set apart from the foot ( 4 ) by at least one bottom recess ( 6 ) that extends in a rotationally symmetrical manner around the longitudinal axis of the weighing-cell body ( 1 ), wherein the bottom recess ( 6 ) comprises a third surface ( 14 ) that tapers off towards the foot ( 4 ) and a fourth surface ( 15 ) that tapers off towards the trunk ( 3 ), wherein at least the predominant part of at least one of the first surface ( 12 ) and the third surface ( 14 ) is inclined such that in the installed state, as intended, of the weighing cell any water hitting the weighing-cell body ( 1 ) can flow away, wherein at least one of an angle α 1 between the inclined part of the first surface ( 12 ) and the perpendicular circumferential surface of the trunk ( 3 ) and an angle β 2 between the inclined part of the third surface ( 14 ) and the circumferential surface of the foot ( 4 ) is larger than 90°.