Abstract: A baler includes a chamber having a fixed size that receives crops and houses a formed bale. A tailgate is connected to a frame and is movable between a closed position, for cooperating with the frame to delimit the chamber, and an open position, for discharging the formed bale. A conveying assembly delimits the chamber for imparting a rotating movement to the crops contained in the chamber, and has a first portion provided in the frame and a second portion provided in the tailgate. An actuator includes a closing chamber and moves the tailgate from the open position to the closed position upon receiving an actuating fluid in the closing chamber. A binder binds the formed bale, and a pressure sensor detects a control signal representative of a pressure inside the closing chamber of the actuator. A control unit generates an alert signal as a function of the control signal.

Abstract: A mining shovel includes a boom and a transmission unit coupled to the boom. The transmission unit includes an outer housing, an internal motor housing disposed within the outer housing, and a venting system coupled to the outer housing to direct air through both the outer housing and the internal motor housing.

Abstract: A snow shield for a truck scale for covering the gap between the lower side of the scale deck of the truck scale and a support surface at each side of the truck scale. A first flexible sheet member has its upper end secured to the outer side of the first frame siderail of the truck scale for the length thereof and extends downwardly therefrom outwardly of the gap at one side of the truck scale. A second flexible sheet member has its upper end secured to the outer side of the second frame siderail of the truck scale for the length thereof and extends downwardly therefrom outwardly of the gap at the other side of the truck scale. The lower ends of the sheet members are secured in place to either the supporting surface or the ground adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A digging machine. The machine includes a rod having a central bore with at least two strain gauges angled relative to each other, a hoist rope, and a CPU configured to create a calibration table of a plurality of outputs from each of the two strain gauges, given various rope tensions and rope angles, determine an unknown rope tension and rope angle, use the output from one strain gauge and create a first set of data point angle and tension pairs from plurality of calibration outputs that correspond to the one output from one strain gauge, use the output from the other strain gauge and create a second set of data point angle and tension pairs from the plurality of calibration outputs that correspond to the one output from other strain gauge, and determine, based on where said two sets of data points intersect, rope tension and rope angle.

Abstract: A scale for weighing a vehicle which includes a removable platform supported by a plurality of load cells, the removable platform having a plurality of centering fixtures with each centering fixture having a cavity in its bottom section with a perimeter. The scale further including a plurality of centering projections having an outer surface which the perimeter of the cavity of the plurality of centering fixtures is guided upon lowering the removable platform onto the plurality of load cells.

Abstract: A modular portable platform scale system includes at least one portable scale platform, and more preferably two side-by-side platforms, detachably connected to and vertically supported by a pair of movable forward and rear ramps. A coupling can be used to connect and support the scale platforms in an end-for-end arrangement to construct longer scales.

Abstract: A truck scale has a weighbridge built with two parallel beams for carrying the wheels of a truck. The beams are laterally interconnected, and are each narrower than half the width of the weighbridge, so there is a gap at the center between the beams. Each beam rests directly on load cell devices supported by foundation members. In very long scales each beam is composed of shorter sections, each supported by a pair of load cell devices. The gap in the center of the weighbridge is covered by removable cover plates or blocks, which may have side walls extending above the beams to limit the lateral travel of truck wheels on the scale.

Abstract: A T-shaped seal is disclosed for installation in the gap between a scale pit wall and a scale platform to prevent entry of foreign matter into the area below the platform. An upright stem of the seal is provided on its sides with vertically spaced ribs which may flex during installation between the scale pit wall and the platform edge. The ribs prevent upward dislodgement of the seal against all but intentional efforts and provide additional barriers to foreign material. The stem is of a flexible nature to accomodate irregular pit wall and scale surfaces. A ventilator is shown for installation within an opening formed in the flange portion of the seal and serves to permit the circulation of air beneath the platform while preventing the entry of material into the gap between the scale platform and pit wall.

Abstract: A platform weighing apparatus is at least partially made of polymeric concrete. With one embodiment a lost self-supporting shuttering made of polymeric concrete is used for forming the platform of the weighing apparatus and a base frame is made of polymeric concrete. With another embodiment the platform is structured with cavities and made essentially of polymeric concrete. The method according to the invention permits molding of the shuttering or the complete platform at a manufacturing site with easy transportation and assembly at an operational site.

Abstract: A weighing apparatus for weighing large masses irregularly distributed over a predetermined area, particularly road vehicles, has a transportable frame, a platform arranged in the frame and force measuring elements supporting the platform within the frame. There is further provided a web-like sealing material covering the gap formed between the frame and the platform exclude ambient dirt from the inside portions of the apparatus.

Abstract: A protection and secondary checking system for a weighing scale having a scale platform which is spaced peripherally from a support to form an intervening space. The protection and secondary checking system is supported on both the scale platform and the support but is not connected to either, and includes an elongate resilient body having a central web which extends into the intervening space to orient the body and provide platform checking. A cover and mounting section extends laterally from one longitudinal edge of the web and rests on both the platform and support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a weighbridge consisting at least partially of cast concrete portions, and a method of producing such a bridge. With the object of increasing the accuracy of a weighbridge, of facilitating and cheapening the production of a weighbridge, it is proposed according to the present invention that the bridge (1) should be disposed resting against two beams (5) which are disposed along the long sides of the bridge and supported by transmitter members (6), that at least two transverse beams (7) are disposed secured between the longitudinal beams (5) of the bridge, preferably at the short sides of the bridge, that the cast portions of the bridge are surrounded by an edge lining (3) preferably of sheet metal bearing downwards against the tops of the beams (5, 7), and that the cast portions preferably comprise a corrugated or profiled bottom metal sheet (12) resting substantially against the longitudinal beams of the bridge.