US 12,326,357 B2
Method of manufacturing a weighing system, gravimetric measuring device and method of operating the same
Otto Kuhlmann, Bovenden (DE); and Matthias Geisler, Noerten-Hardenberg (DE)
Assigned to SARTORIUS LAB INSTRUMENTS GMBH & CO. KG, Goettingen (DE)
Filed by SARTORIUS LAB INSTRUMENTS GMBH & CO. KG, Goettingen (DE)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/879,373.
Application 17/879,373 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/050121, filed on Jan. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 102 606.4 (DE), filed on Feb. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0373383 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 64/30 (2017.01); B29C 69/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); G01G 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01G 7/02 (2013.01) [B29C 64/30 (2017.08); B29C 69/001 (2013.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B29L 2031/752 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Method of manufacturing a weighing system, comprising:
modeling a blank that comprises
a base having at least one wall, and
a lever hinged to the base via thin-section joints and secured to the base via material bridges, wherein the lever has a lever portion adjacent the wall and
wherein the wall and the adjacent lever portion each have a respective aperture, and wherein the respective apertures are aligned with each other,
after said modeling, cutting open the material bridges, and
after said modeling of the blank but before said cutting open of the material bridges, pushing a fixing bolt into the apertures such that the fixing bolt engages positively in the respective apertures during said cutting open of the material bridges.