Patent ID: 7317167
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. A weighing module with a weighing cell having a load-receiving portion and a stationary portion, the weighing module further comprising: a load receiver; an overload protection device that is arranged between the load receiver and the load-receiving portion, the overload protection device serving to protect the weighing cell from being overloaded by static and dynamic forces; and a positioning element that positions the load receiver free of play relative to the load-receiving portion, at least in a plane that is orthogonal to the load direction, wherein the load receiver is adapted to react to forces acting upon it by displacement relative to the load-receiving portion, either in the same direction as the load or in both the same as well as the opposite direction of the load, and wherein the load receiver is adapted to react to forces acting upon it at a right angle to the load direction by tipping in all directions, as allowed by an exemption formed between the positioning element and the load-receiving portion.