Abstract: A torque suspension weighing scale includes a weighbridge/animal crate, a main frame and torque suspension members all integrally combined by unique ball and seat retention assemblies fitted within keyhold formations formed in each of the subframe and weighing platform.

Abstract: A torque suspension weighing scale includes a subframe, a weighing platform, a torque suspension members all integrally combined by unique ball and seat retention assemblies fitted within keyhole formations formed in each of the subframe and weighing platform.

Abstract: A torque suspension weighing scale includes a subframe, a weighing platform, an torque suspension members all integrally combined by unique ball and seat retention assemblies fitted within keyhole formations formed in each of the subframe and weighing platform.

Abstract: Incorporated in a tensile member by which a hopper or the like is suspended from a ground-supported frame is an electronic load cell which is constructed and arranged to report to a convenient control location a signal which corresponds to the tension in tensile member as a measure of the weight of the material such as sand, crushed stone, cement or ore in the hopper. In order to prevent lightning which may strike the hopper or support frame from travelling along the tensile member and damaging or destroying the load cell, the tensile member is electrically isolated from both the hopper and the support frame by bushed connectors wherein the insulating bushing portion is stressed in compression. These bushed connectors simultaneously provide this electrical shock isolating function and both carry the static load and accommodate mechanical shock produced upon sudden changes in load, as when a load of stone is dumped into or dispensed from the hopper.