US 12,188,811 B2
Electronic balance
Atsushi Iizuka, Kyoto (JP); and Masayuki Kawai, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed by SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/864,402.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-118318 (JP), filed on Jul. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017252 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G01G 21/28 (2006.01)
CPC G01G 21/286 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic balance, comprising:
a balance unit including a bottom casing and a measuring pan provided on a top surface of the bottom casing;
a windshield including a front-side plate, a left-side plate, a right-side plate and a top-side plate enclosing a space around the measuring pan, the windshield having a door which is moveable in a front-back direction in the left-side plate, the right-side plate or the top-side plate;
a rear-section casing located at a back of the space, the rear-section casing including a rear-section front plate, a rear-section left plate extending from the left-side plate, a rear-section right plate extending from the right-side plate, and a rear-section top plate extending from the top-side plate, where the rear-section front plate covers a back side of the space, and where a driving-element hole and a joining-portion access hole are formed in the rear-section left plate, the rear-section right plate or the rear-section top plate that corresponds to the left-side plate, the right-side plate or the top-side plate in which the door is provided;
a motor unit including a motor, a driving element connected with a rotation shaft of the motor, and a joining portion which is fixed relative to a main body of the motor, where the motor unit is configured to be removably arranged within the rear-section casing so that the driving element protrudes through the driving-element hole to an outside of the rear-section casing while the joining portion is located at a position corresponding to the joining-portion access hole; and
a driven element fixed to the door and configured to be driven by the driving element in the front-back direction.