Abstract: A portable scale is provided that includes a fulcrum, a balance beam pivotally mounted on the fulcrum, the balance beam supporting a load pan on one end and including an elongated portion having a measurement strip extending along the elongated portion of the balance beam. The portable scale includes a dynamic weight movable along the elongated portion of the balance beam. The dynamic weight includes a display unit on the elongated portion of the balance beam for detecting the location of the dynamic weight along the measurement strip, for electrically converting the location to a weight measurement, and for displaying the weight measurement. The portable scale may include luminescent material.

Abstract: The digital force sensor (1) includes a measuring cell (2) which is able to be deformed elastically, the deformation of said cell (2) directly resulting from the force with which a robot arm approaches a discrete electronic component (11) in a magazine, then mounts it onto a printed circuit, and digital means (3) for measuring a displacement representative of the deformation of said cell (2), then supplying in response to said displacement a digital signal corresponding to the direct measurement of the force with which the robot arm approaches, then mounts the electronic component onto the printed circuit.

Abstract: A sliding weight scale includes a recirculating ball spindle mounted in a balance beam arranged to pivot about a swivel axis. The spindle extends perpendicularly of the swivel axis. A sliding weight is engaged via a nut with the spindle. A gear wheel is fixed to the spindle and is driven by another gear wheel fixed on the base plate of the scale. A hand wheel drives an intermediate gear assembly which, in turn, drives the gear wheels and the spindle. The gear wheels driving the spindle are located in a vertical plane containing the swivel axis of the balance beam. By the use of the recirculating ball spindle, the displacement forces acting on the sliding weight are kept small so that dimensional variations occurring in manufacturing and assembly have a negligible effect on the weighing accuracy of the scale.

Abstract: An automatic analytical balance is disclosed, which features a unique weighing structure. The scale comprises a flexibly pivotable shaft that pivots in one direction in response to a load being weighed, and that pivots in an opposite direction in response to a known movable weight movably disposed upon the shaft. A balance detector is operatively connected to the shaft to determine when the movement of the known weight has brought the shaft into a balanced condition. Means are provided to measure the movement of the known weight which is required to produce the balanced condition in the shaft. This measurement is indicative of the weight of the load being weighed.

Abstract: An automatic sliding-weight scale arrangement with a hinge-supported scale beam. A continually motor-driven friction drive moves a sliding weight along the scale beam. The friction drive has at least two frictional elements, one of which is attached to the frame, and the other is attached to the scale beam. One of the frictional elements, furthermore, is supported exclusively by one or several rotary friction units and is displaceable in a rotationally and lengthwise manner for moving the sliding weight. A lengthwise displaceable friction roller is supported by a rotary friction unit located vertically underneath it, as well as by a rotary friction element on one side and an additional friction unit on the opposite side. Two of the friction units are mounted on the scale beam, and the friction element is mounted on the frame. The friction unit may be in the form of two coaxially-spaced friction disks of the same size.