Robert J Kleinhans

US Patent:

42190916, Aug 26, 1980

Filed:

Oct 26, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/954914

Inventors:

Robert J. Kleinhans - Canton MA

Assignee:

Bofors America, Inc. - Edison NJ

International Classification:

G01G 2108

US Classification:

177211

Abstract:

Strain-gaged transducers sensing weight of a storage tank in an electronic weighing system also provide the sole structural suspension for the tank upon its underlying support. The transducers are arrayed about a position which is central to the tank, and each is mechanically linked with it via a height-adjustable lateral-expansion assembly including a clevis with its horizontal shaft slidable longitudinally along an axis aimed at the center position and with universal jointing about mutually-perpendicular axes. Misalignments and expansions are accommodated, without impairing accuracy of weight measurements.