US 12,270,744 B2
Device for selection of one or more masses for determining material properties of a material
Giuseppe Galizia, Turin (IT); Andrea Ricco, Turin (IT); and Antonio Costa, Turin (IT)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,886.
Claims priority of application No. 22150835 (EP), filed on Jan. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0221232 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 11/02 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for selection of one or more masses among a plurality of masses arranged in a stacked configuration and removably fixed to a guide of a main frame of a test machine for determining material properties of a material during a test, the selected ones of the plurality of masses configured to push down on an effector for performing the test, and the non-selected ones of the plurality of masses prevented from pushing down on the effector, the device comprising:
a means for selecting configured to enable selection of at least one mass among said plurality of masses;
a means to determine which mass or masses are selected, said means to determine being configured to send a signal indicative of which mass or masses are selected to a computing unit for controlling a test process using the selected mass or masses; and
a holding element positioned at the bottom of the plurality of masses arranged in a stacked configuration, and above the effector;
wherein the holding element supports the selected mass or masses pushing down on the effector.