Abstract: This invention is drawn to an apparatus for lifting and weighing a container, including a pair of fork tines engagable with said container and mounted on a supporting structure, each fork tine having a vertically disposed web provided with transducers responsive to strain therein to determinate the weight imposed on the tines by the container, characterized in that each tine is attached to the supporting structure by the bolts passing through said web and through a vertical flange located on only one side of said web and attached to the supporting structure.

Abstract: The weighing device has a bending beam (20,31,41) from which bending moment transmission means (35,36,42,43) extend laterally. Relatively rigid members (24,27,30,32) are coupled to the bending moment transmission means (35,36,42,43) by force transmission elements (13,37,38). Loads applied to the rigid members (24,27,30,32) are measured by a strain gauge (33) mounted on the bending beam (20,31,41). Each force transmission element (13,37,38) comprises a rectangular prismatic body of elastomeric material, such as natural rubber, which may have concave sides (15) to reduce shear forces in the body. Fixing studs (17) may be attached to plates (16) bonded to the upper and lower surfaces of the body. The material of the body is chosen to exhibit creep, hystersis and linearity characteristics approximating those of an ideal spring.

Abstract: A load is applied to a beam, and the strain is measured at a selected region of the beam to determine the magnitude of the load. Downwardly directed load forces and upwardly directed reaction forces are transmitted to the beam by force receiving members which include resilient bodies lying within the lateral side boundaries of the beam.