Patent ID: 6995323

Claim:
A device for monitoring an operating condition of a balance with a weighing cell, the device comprising: an electronic weighing circuit arrangement ( 15 ) with a signal-processing device ( 17 ); a memory device ( 19 ); a time clock ( 20 ); an output unit ( 21 , 22 , 44 ); and at least one electronic inclination sensor ( 13 ) positioned for detecting an operating condition of the weighing cell with regard to level and that is connected for communicating an inclination-dependent signal to the signal-processing device ( 17 ), wherein the signal-processing device ( 17 ) comprises means whereby a quantity that is indicative of the operating condition of the balance is determined from the inclination-dependent signal of the at least one electronic inclination sensor ( 13 ), wherein the signal-processing device ( 17 ) also comprises means whereby time values representing a current time are combined with condition values representing a current operating condition to form vector data sets, and wherein the signal-processing device ( 17 ) further comprises means whereby said vector data sets are transmitted to and stored in the memory device ( 19 ), so that said vector data sets are at all times available for transmission to the output unit ( 21 , 22 , 44 ).