Patents by Inventor Johannes Wirth

Johannes Wirth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6327913
    Abstract: The inventive force measuring cell consists of a plate (2) which is provided with a circular hole (2), the axis of which is perpendicular to the surface of said plate (2) and to the direction of the force that is to be measured. Said axis also lies within the neutral surface of the plate (2). The plate (2) can also be the web of a carrier. A measuring transducer (12) is inserted into the hole (3) in order to measure any modification of the size of the diameter of said hole (3) on a plane that is inclined at an angle of 45° counter to the direction of the force (F) to be measured. A lateral force is created in the direction of y in addition to a transverse stress &tgr; with a component &tgr;xy by applying force in the direction of y when at least one side of the plate (2) is clamped in the base. The originally circular hole (3) is deformed into an ellipse. The measuring transducer (12) consists of a measuring transformer with an oscillating string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Digi Sens AG
    Inventors: Martin Lustenberger, Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 5834707
    Abstract: The bulk material, the amount o which is to be determined through second-integration or time-integration, passes over a top chute onto a bottom chute which is disposed at a tilt angle and defines the velocity of the bulk material. The bottom chute channels the bulk material to a slide which has the same angle of tilt as the bottom chute. The weight components of the amounts of bulk material on the slide acting orthogonally along the direction of the slide are determined by a load-sensing device. After passing down the slide the bulk material impacts a vertically arranged deflector plate which is rigidly connected to a connecting plate, with the deflector plate at that point generating a force through its change in its pulse action which is determined by a second load-sensing device. The second load-sensing device only measures the horizontal components of this change in pulse action, and, like the initial load-sensing device, is either parallel channelled or provided with parallel channelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: K-Tron Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 5496973
    Abstract: The rod-shaped load cell consists of a guide section (1), which is subdivided into a frame (6) and a load-bearing element (7), and two parallel, rigid plates (8) connecting the two cited elements. Plates (8) are connected to both frame (6) and load-bearing element (7) by band-shaped flexural joints (9) which extend across the overall length of guide section (1). The load cell rests via frame (6) upon two feet (2) located outermost on rod-shaped guide section (1). The platform (5) rests upon two mounting elements (3) also located outermost on guide section (1), with the mounting elements (3) acting on load-bearing element (7). A force sensor (4) is diagonally installed at half the length of guide section (1). When platform (5) is loaded, tensile force acts upon force sensor (4) (see FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnik AG
    Inventor: Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 5463192
    Abstract: A measurement instrument in which, when the initially loaded instrument is partly unloaded in such a fashion that the part load falls in a lower load range with a finer display-scale interval, the instrument continues to use the scale for the larger load until the load is removed completely. When the load is removed completely, however, the display reads "zero" as soon as the result R(m) at calculation stage m satisfies the condition .vertline.R(m).vertline..ltoreq.d.sub.jmax /2 (zero region) where d.sub.jmax is the largest display-scale interval. The next-finer display-scale interval is selected if the difference d.sub.s between two successive results determined at a particular time-interval satisfies the condition d.sub.j .ltoreq.d.sub.2 /10. A zero store is updated to include each result in the zero region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnik AG
    Inventors: Johannes Wirth, Mario Gallo, deceased
  • Patent number: 5365022
    Abstract: The rod-shaped load cell consists of a guide section (1), which is subdivided into a frame (6) and a load-bearing element (7), and two parallel, rigid plates (8) connecting the two cited elements. Plates (8) are connected to both frame (6) and load-bearing element (7) by band-shaped flexural joints (9) which extend across the overall length of guide section (1). The load cell rests via frame (6) upon two feet (2) located outermost on rod-shaped guide section (1). The platform (5) rests upon two mounting elements (3) also located outermost on guide section (1), with the mounting elements (3) acting on load-bearing element (7). A force sensor (4) is diagonally installed at half the length of guide section (1). When platform (5) is loaded, tensile force acts upon force sensor (4) (see FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnik AG
    Inventor: Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 5315883
    Abstract: The load measuring device according to the invention comprises at least three identical force meters that together support the frame (2) and, for example, are supported on the chassis (1) of a truck. The individual force meter comprises a flexural spring (10) as primary spring of an elastic reduction, and a further flexural spring (17) as secondary spring of the elastic reduction. A force transducer (18) with at least one perpendicularly oscillating cord is inserted between the center section (15) of the flexural spring (10) and the center of the flexural spring (17); this force transducer (18) measures the reduced force flow subject to the firmness of the flexural springs (10 and 17). The outside sections (13) of the flexural spring (10), for example, are connected to the frame (2), and the center section (15), for example, is connected to the chassis (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnik AG
    Inventor: Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 5285860
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process and a device for carrying out the process for weight determination of the contents of containers (5), for example for garbage. Two swivel arms (2) that are lifted by hydraulic devices (3) are mounted on a garbage collecting vehicle (1). The container (5) is carried by a fork (4). Integrated into the swivel arm (2) is a force measuring apparatus that comprises two flexural members (7) supporting the main load, two spring tongues (8), and a force transducer (11) that is installed between two stilts (12) between the spring tongues (8). The flexural members (7) and the spring tongues together form an elastic stepdown; the force transducer (11) thus only measures that part of the total load flowing through it as given by the stepdown. Further, a gradient meter (16) is mounted on the swivel arm (2), that has the same action line W as the force measurement device integrated in the swivel arm (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnik AG
    Inventor: Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 5259253
    Abstract: The parallel guide of an elastic force reducing dynamometer comprises a frame secured to a base plate, two essentially parallel plates, a load carrier, and four elastic tie joints. The load carrier supports a balance pan for receiving weights. A load-carrying element is clamped between the upper end of the load carrier and the lower end of the frame. Compressive force exerted on the load carrier is converted into an electric signal. The parallel guide is manufactured from a single piece, for example by profile extrusion or wire erosion. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, the load-carrying element is clamped between the lower end of the load carrier and the upper end of the frame. Tensile force exerted on the load carrier is converted into an electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnick AG
    Inventors: Johannes Wirth, Mario Gallo
  • Patent number: 5161628
    Abstract: The vehicle springs, here leaf spring (7) are the primary spring (and) measuring springs (11) engaged parallel thereto are the secondary springs of elastic force dividers. The part of the weight force of a vehicle (6) flowing over the measuring springs is led over a force sensor (5). A clinometer (12) measures both longitudinal and also transverse inclination of the vehicle (6). The signals of the force sensors (5) and of the clinometer (12) are fed to a computer, which forces the sum of the weight forces that act upon the (here) four force sensors (5). Besides the inclination correction mentioned, the computer performs all the weighing arithmetic operations, such as tare weight formation, weight difference determination, and also calculates transport performance magnitudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnik AG
    Inventor: Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 5099701
    Abstract: A balance and an elastic, force reducing dynamometer. The dynamometer, is of the type having a plurality of plate springs and a laterally oscillating wire clamped between a pair of wire clamping heads which are shifted under load only in a direction parallel to the clamping heads. This result is achieved by mounting the wire clamping heads in approximately the center of the corresponding one of two plate springs with a pair of struts. In alternate embodiments of the invention, both struts which mount a clamping head may be straight, one strut may be straight and the other strut offset, or both struts may be offset. The elasticity of the struts and the ratios are variable and adjustable within wide limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnik AG
    Inventors: Johannes Wirth, Max Knusli
  • Patent number: 5088334
    Abstract: A dynamometer comprising a pair of similar leaf springs (4 and 5), lying in approximately the same plane, and at least one additional leaf spring (24). The outer part of the additional leaf spring (24) and any other supplementary leaf springs (6, 7, 19, and 20) replacing the single leaf spring and being fastened to the frame (1) and the inner part being fstened to the middle block (8). The leaf springs (6, 7, and 24) lie in a plane approximately parallel to that of the first pair of leaf springs (4 and 5), while the supplementary leaf springs (19 and 20) lie in the same plane as the first pair of leaf springs (4 and 5). An elastic rod (9 and 10) is attached to the middle of each of the leaf springs (4 and 5), respectively, and a force-measuring device (11) is located between these rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnik AG
    Inventor: Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 5078015
    Abstract: An elastic force reducing balance and dynamometer comprising a primary spring and a secondary spring which are stressed by bending when an input force is exerted. In at least one of the primary and secondary springs, at least one bar is formed which is stressed, at least partially, by torsion. In this manner, the overall creep of the balance and dynamometer is substantially reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnik AG
    Inventor: Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 5050693
    Abstract: A balance, which is virtually insensitive to angular deviation and to the presence of additional accelerations of the base, has two dynamometers (2, 3) each having a parallel guide (26). The parallel guides are mutually parallel and their degree of freedom coincides with the direction of gravitational acceleration when the balance is horizontal. The dynamometer (2) measures the weight (M) of the object to be weighed, and the dynamometer (3) measures that of a reference mass (8, 22,24). The balance also has a computer (4) which, from the signals emitted by the two dynamometers (2,3), accurately determines the mass of the object to be weighed independently of the angular deviation of the instantaneous total acceleration. During calibration, which can be carried out only by the manufacturer, the dynamometer (3) determines the weight R.sub.1, R.sub.2 of the reference mass (8, 22, 24) at two different inclinations of the balance and the dynamometer (2) determines the weight (N.sub.1, N.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnik AG
    Inventors: Johannes Wirth, Mario Gallo
  • Patent number: 4914961
    Abstract: Device for fastening a vibrating wire to a component of a meter. The device comprises a body having two prongs and two cylindrical, conical, prismatic or wedge-shaped retainers made of electrically insulating material. The retainers are in contact with the prongs on one side and, due to the clamping action of the prongs, hold the full width of the wire by friction on the other side, insulating it electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnik AG
    Inventor: Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 4844192
    Abstract: This inventive scale consists of a frame (2), a platform (3) parallel and perpendicular to the frame (2), a load lifter (5) and a level mechanism consisting of at least one arm (1). The lever mechanism transmits the load from the platform (3) to the load lifter (5) and is connected to the frame (2), the platform (3) and the load lifter (5) by means of couplings (10, 13, and 15). The lever mechanism, consisting of at least one arm (1), has a flexible connector at each end and one in the middle (7, 8, and 9). The end connectors (7 and 9) are attached to the platform (3) and the load lifter (5) by means of pins (10 and 15), respectively. The middle connector (8) is attached to the frame (2) by means of two swivel couplings (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo Messtechnik AG
    Inventor: Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 4738325
    Abstract: A weight transducer including an extruded housing having upper and lower inner surfaces. Affixed to the upper inner surface is a hall effect magnetic field sensor, and affixed to the lower inner surface is a pair of magnetic field generating magnets. The magnets are arranged with magnetic poles of opposite polarity located adjacent one another. The hall effect sensor senses changes in the magnetic field generated by the pair of magnets due to relative movement between the upper and lower inner surfaces with application of weight to the housing. The voltage output of the hall effect sensor is converted to a signal having a frequency which varies in proportion to the weight applied to the housing. The hall effect weight transducer provides a very rugged and relatively inexpensive yet highly accurate weight transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: K-Tron International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Bullivant, Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 4678050
    Abstract: Mass and force meter manufactured from a single block extruded from a profiled bar and comprising several components, with a frame, a load support guided parallelly and vertically by guiding means consisting of at least two flat springs mounted one above the other, a motionless measuring system and at least one transmission member that transmits only part of the weight of the mass or part of the force to be measured to the measuring system, in which at least one component implements at least two functions of the meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: K-Tron Patent AG
    Inventors: Johannes Wirth, Mario Gallo
  • Patent number: 4625566
    Abstract: Mass and force meter with a body, a load support guided parallely and vertically, a strokeless measuring system and a lever system for transmission of the load acting on the load support to the measuring system. The lever system consists at least partially of a single, flat plate a part of which is tightly connected to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Inventors: Mario Gallo, Johannes Wirth
  • Patent number: 4453608
    Abstract: A mass and force meter particularly suited for weighing large and bulky loads, for example vehicles, which, in spite of the large dimensions of the load support due to the nature of the load, has a small total height and in which possible unpredictable deformations of the frame do not influence the precision of the measurement, said mass and force meter having a frame, a load support directly supported by two brackets each of which is connected to the frame by means of two flat springs forming a parallel guiding device, a measuring system, springs compensating the main share of the load and an elastic transmission element transmitting to the measuring system the load-proportional remaining share of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: Wirth Gallo & Co.
    Inventors: Johannes Wirth, Mario Gallo, Kaspar Saner
  • Patent number: D274795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Assignee: Wirth, Gallo & Co.
    Inventor: Johannes Wirth