IN SC Or weighing.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 7th Sept., 1900-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1900
I, OCTAVE VircoQ, of 27, Rue Thiers, Bernay, in the Republic of France,
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
This invention has for its object improvements in scales for weighing, and
more especially in the teams of such scales, and it consists in a novel method
of construction by which great strength, durability, and ethciency, are obtained.
The beam itself of the scales is formed of two metal plates, or suitable shape
and thickness, placed one upon the other and rivetted together. These plates
are cranked out at their ends so as to form forks in which are fitted pins having
knife edges upon which suitable hooks are suspended, to which are hung the
scale pans or weights.
In the middle of the length of the beam, formed as described, is arranged a
sleeve fitted tightly upon the plates which form the beam, a pin passing trans-
versely through the sleeve and the beam, and having below its ends knife edges
upon which the beam is suspended.
On the lower side of the sleeve below the beam are extensions at each end,
by which the support for the beam is lengthened, and greater stability secured.
The top of the sleeve is provided with a vertical needle by which it can be seen
in the usual way when the beam is horizontal.
Lastly, a suspending fork has holes through the lower ends of its branches,
upon which the knife edges are supported, the upper end of the fork being
provided with a suitably shaped hook by which it can be suspended. The lower
ends of the fork may be connected below the beam by a tie or stay which prevents
them from separating.
PLORED IN SC Or weighing.
I, OCTAVE VITCOQ, of 27, Rue Thiers, Bernay, in the Republic of France,
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement and accompanying drawing that is to say:-
This invention has for its object improvements in weighing apparatus, or

page_text: scales, and more especially in the beams of such scales, and it consists in a novel
method of construction by which great strength, durability, and efficiency, are
-obtained.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of my invention, Figure 1 being
a side elevation of the beam, and Figure 2 a plan of the same.
As shewn in the figures, the beam itself of the scales is formed of two metal
plates a, a of suitable shape and thickness, placed one upon the other and
rivetted together. These plates are cranked out at their ends so as to form
forks b, b, in which are fitted pins having knife edges c, upon which suitable
hooks d, d, (shewn separately in Figure 3) are suspended, to which are hung
the scale pans for weights.
In the middle of the length of the beam a, a¹, formed as described, is arranged
a sleeve e (shewn separately in Figure 4) fitted tightly upon the plates which
form the beam, a pin passing transversely through the sleeve and the beam,
and having below its ends knife edges c, c, upon which the beam is suspended.
On the lower side of the sleeve below the plates a, a¹; of the beam are extensions
at each end, e¹, e', by which the support for the beam is lengthened, and greater
stability secured. The top of the sleeve is provided with a vertical needle f
by which it can be seen in the usual way when the beam is horizontal.
Lastly, a suspending fork (shewn separately in Figure 5) has holes through
the lower ends of its branches, upon which the knife edges are supported, the
upper end of the fork being provided with a suitable S-shaped or other hook h
by which it can be suspended. The lower ends of the fork may be connected
below the beam by a tie or stay i which prevents them from separating or
spreading.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The weighing apparatus consisting of a beam constructed of plates a, a',
the ends of which are bent to form forks b, b, knife edges c, c, sleeve e with
extensions e, e¹, indicating needle f, suspending fork g, hook h, and tie i, all
substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 7th day of September 1900.