KR102420073B1 - Scale for using on board - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a scale for using on board, comprising: a case; a mounting means having a bearing installed through the upper surface of the case and a central axis having a predetermined length with an upper end part inserted in the center of the bearing; a measuring means having a load cell fixed to the upper side of the central axis; a pedestal mounted on the load cell; and a weight fixed to the lower end of the central axis, thereby capable of accurately measuring the weight of captured marine products even on a shaking ship or on an inclined floor.

Description

Ship scale {Scale for using on board}

The present invention relates to a scale, and more particularly, the weight is tilted to maintain verticality even when it is hung inside the case and shaken, and a pedestal on which a load cell and aquatic product is mounted is installed on the weight, so that a ship is shaken or aquatic products mounted on the pedestal It is related to a ship scale that allows accurate weight of aquatic products to be measured even if it is lifted eccentrically.

In general, an electronic scale is a device for measuring the load of an object to be weighed by converting the force applied by the object in the direction of gravity into an electrical signal. have.

These electronic scales can also be used to measure the weight of aquatic products such as fish or shellfish on board. In this way, the captured aquatic products can be classified by type, classified by weight, and stored.

However, when measuring the weight of aquatic products in a boat on water, the boat shakes, so it may be difficult to accurately measure the weight of aquatic products with a generally used electronic scale. Therefore, there is a need to develop a technology for a special scale for accurately measuring the weight of aquatic products in a swaying boat or in a state where the bottom is tilted.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2020-0112232 (published on October 5, 2020)

An object of the present invention, devised in view of the above requirements, is that a weight suspended inside the case is mounted to maintain the direction of gravity even when the ship shakes, and a pedestal for placing a load cell and aquatic products on the upper side of the weight is installed. In other words, it is to provide a ship scale that allows the accurate weight of aquatic products to be measured.

In order to achieve the above object, the shipboard scale according to the present invention includes a case; Mounting means having a bearing installed through the upper surface of the case, and a central shaft having a predetermined length fitted with an upper end in the center of the bearing; Measuring means having a load cell fixed to the upper side of the central axis; It may include a pedestal mounted on the load cell; and a weight fixed to the lower end of the central axis.

Therefore, when the case shakes with the boat on the water, the weight is tilted in the direction of gravity, and the weight of the seafood can be measured with the load cell even when the central axis and the pedestal are tilted to the opposite side with respect to the bearing.

In addition, the bearing may include an outer ring fixed through the upper surface of the case, and an inner ring disposed inside the outer ring and freely inclined so that when one side rises over 360°, the opposite side descends.

At this time, the upper portion, which has been processed to be stepped so that the outer diameter is narrowed from the central axis, may be inserted into and fixed to the lower portion of the coupling member while being mounted through the inner ring.

Accordingly, the lower surface of the coupling member is supported in contact with the inner ring, so that the linear scale is inclined along with the movement of the inner ring together with the central axis.

In addition, a coupling member fixed to the upper end of the central axis, a fastening member of a flat plate in which the load cell is seated and fixed while being fixed to the upper surface of the coupling member, and an auxiliary member holding the four corners of the pedestal while being fixed to the upper surface of the load cell. can

In this case, the load cell may have a shape in which the upper end and the lower end of both sides protrude more than the central portion connecting the both sides.

And the weight may be made of iron or platinum, gold, tungsten, tungsten, silver, copper, lead, nickel, bismuth, morbdenum, brass, stainless 316 or bronze.

As described above, according to the present invention, the weight is hung on the case via the mounting means so that the load direction of the weight always coincides with the direction of gravity. Alternatively, there is an effect that an accurate weight can be measured even on an inclined floor.

The following drawings attached to this specification illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention, and serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention together with the detailed description of the present invention, so the present invention is limited only to the matters described in those drawings should not be construed as
1 is a perspective view schematically showing a ship scale according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1 ;
3 is a perspective view showing the main part including the weight in FIG. 1 .
Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional perspective view showing the coupling portion of the weight and the case in Figure 1;

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments will be described in detail so that those of ordinary skill in the art can easily practice the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, among the components mentioned in various embodiments, mutually similar components and related components in each embodiment may be replaced, replaced, or added. However, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related well-known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention in describing the operating principle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

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A ship scale according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a case 100, a mounting means 200, a measuring means 300, a pedestal 400 and a weight 500, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 . can be done

First, the case 100 may be manufactured to accommodate the weight 500 inside and to protect the weight 500 from the outside. This case 100 may be manufactured in the form of a box in which a weight 500 is hung in the inner space, for example, in an approximately 'C' shape with an open front and back as in FIG. It may be manufactured to be bent and fixed to the floor. In addition, the case 100 is manufactured in a box shape in which the inner space is isolated from the outside so as to be the same or similar to that of a conventional electronic scale, a display displaying the weight of aquatic products numerically, a control panel including an on/off button, etc. can be installed.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 , the mounting means 200 may be configured such that the weight 500 is suspended from the upper surface of the case 100 and can be freely inclined at 360°. The mounting means 200 may include a fixing plate 210 , a central shaft 220 , a bearing 230 , and a coupling member 240 . Hereinafter, when describing the weight 500 , the central shaft 220 , the inner ring 231 of the bearing 230 , the coupling member 240 or the pedestal 400 , the expression 'incline' means that the ship will shake in the waves. At this time, it may refer to a phenomenon in which displacement occurs so that the load direction of the weight 500 always faces the direction of gravity.

Here, the fixing plate 210 is a portion to which the weight 500 is fixed. The fixing plate 210 is made of, for example, a circular plate, and the weight 500 is attached and detachably fastened to the lower surface in a conventional manner such as bolting or screwing, or the weight 500 is normally welded, etc. It may be firmly fixed in the manner of or manufactured integrally with the weight 500 . Of course, the fixing plate 210 can be manufactured in various shapes.

In addition, the central shaft 220 protrudes upward from the center of the upper surface of the fixing plate 210 and has a predetermined length, and is fastened to the bearing 230 while the upper part penetrates the upper surface of the case 100 , and is outside of the case 100 . The coupling member 240 may be fixed to the upper end protruding to the . The length of the central axis 220 may be set to such an extent that it does not collide with the inner surface of the case 100 while the weight 500 is freely tilted in the 360° direction according to the shaking of the ship in a suspended state. In addition, the portion where the inner ring 231 of the bearing 230 is mounted on the upper portion of the central shaft 220 may be processed in a step shape. This is linked to a structure in which the coupling member 240 fastened to the upper end of the central shaft 220 is supported by the inner ring 231 , a detailed description thereof will be described later. The central shaft 220 may be coupled to or detached from the fixing plate 210 or manufactured integrally.

In addition, the bearing 230 is a member that ensures that the central axis 220 is inclined in all directions as shown in FIG. 4 , so that the 360° free inclination of the weight 500 is ultimately ensured. The bearing 230 includes an outer ring 232 fitted through the upper surface of the case 100 and fixed, and an inner ring 231 mounted on the inside of the outer ring 232 and fixed by inserting the upper portion of the central shaft 220 into the bearing 230 . can do. Here, as for the inner ring 231, one side and the opposite side can be inclined in opposite directions with respect to the center, and vertical movement with respect to the outer ring 232 is made within a certain angle, and when one side rises over the 360° direction, It may be installed so that the other side can move down.

As such, by the operation of the inner ring 231 with respect to the outer ring 232, it is possible to incline the upper and lower both sides of the central axis 220 in opposite directions, and this causes the weight 500 to incline in one direction. It may be possible for the coupling member 240 , the load cell 320 and the pedestal 400 mounted on the upper end of the central axis 220 to be inclined in the opposite direction. At this time, the inclination directions of the weight 500 and the pedestal 400 may be opposite to each other, for example, when the weight 500 is inclined to the left, the pedestal 400 may be inclined to the right.

In addition, the coupling member 240 is a member to which the upper end of the central shaft 220 is fastened to the lower portion, and the load cell 320 is fixed to the upper end as shown in FIG. 4 . The coupling member 240 may be installed such that the upper end of the central shaft 220 is inserted and fastened in the center of the lower portion, and the lower surface is supported in contact with the upper surface of the inner ring 231 . Accordingly, the coupling member 240 may be inclined in association with the inclination of the central axis 220 . In addition, the coupling member 240 may have, for example, an approximately 'TT' shape, and may have any other shape. The load cell 320 may be fixed to the upper surface of the coupling member 240 .

Next, the measuring means 300 is configured to measure the weight of the seafood placed on the pedestal (400). The measuring means 300 may include a fastening member 310 and a load cell 320 .

Here, the fastening member 310 has a flat shape, and may be securely fixed horizontally via a central bar fixed to the upper surface of the coupling member 240 in the height direction and a plurality of peripheral bars.

In addition, the load cell 320 is a member fixed to the upper surface of the fastening member 310 to measure the weight of the aquatic product mounted on the pedestal 400 on the upper side. This load cell 320 has a shape in which the upper and lower ends of both sides protrude more than the central part connecting both sides, and is in the shape of a 'P' that is laid at approximately 90°, and the upper surfaces of both ends of the auxiliary member 410 are described later. It may be manufactured to support over the central portion 411 and the gripping portion 412 of the . As such, the load cell 320 may have a lower end fixed to the upper portion of the mounting means 200 via a fastening member 310 , and a pedestal 400 may be fixed to the upper end thereof. Therefore, the load cell 320 can accurately measure the weight of the aquatic product mounted on the pedestal 400 while tilting in conjunction with the weight 500 .

Next, the pedestal 400 is a member on which aquatic products are placed. The pedestal 400 may be in the form of a grill or a mesh, and may be fixed on the load cell 320 . In this case, an auxiliary member 410 may be further provided to assist in fixing between the pedestal 400 and the load cell 320 .

The auxiliary member 410 has an approximately 'H' shape having a central portion 411 having a predetermined length from side to side and a holding portion 412 with a predetermined length from both sides of the central portion 411 to the front and rear, and each gripping portion 412. Both sides of the pedestal 400 may be manufactured to grip the four corners.

The central portion is fixed to the upper end of the load cell 320 , and the pedestal 400 may be stably fixed on the leg portions extending to both sides from the central portion. For example, the auxiliary member 410 may have an approximately 'H' shape or various shapes as shown in FIG. 1 .

Finally, the weight 500 may be fixed to the fixing plate 210 at the lower end of the central shaft 220 . The weight 500 is preferably heavy and small in order to reduce the size of the scale, and for this purpose, it may be made of a material with a large specific gravity. In this case, the material of the weight 500 may be iron or platinum, gold, tungsten, tantalum, silver, copper, lead, nickel, bismuth, morbdenum, brass, Stan 316, or bronze having a greater specific gravity than iron. The weight 500 may have a shape in which a portion of the upper portion is cut in an annular shape to be in close contact with and fixed to the fixing plate 210 , or may have various shapes including a hexahedron.

As described above, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to understand that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims described later rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and equivalent concepts should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

100: case
200: mounting means
210: fixed plate 220: central axis
230: bearing 231: inner ring
232: outer ring 240: coupling member
300: measurement means
310: fastening member 320: load cell
400: pedestal
410: auxiliary member 411: central part
412: grip part.
500: weight.

Claims (4)

case 100;
a mounting means 200 having a bearing 230 installed through the upper surface of the case 100 and a central shaft 220 having a predetermined length fitted with an upper end in the center of the bearing 230;
Measuring means 300 having a load cell 320 fixed to the upper side of the central axis 220;
The pedestal 400 mounted on the load cell 320; And,
Includes a weight 500 fixed to the lower end of the central axis 220;
When the case 100 shakes with the boat on the water, the weight 500 is tilted in the direction of gravity, and the load cell ( 320), a scale made to measure the weight of aquatic products.
In claim 1,
The bearing 230 includes an outer ring 232 fixed through the upper surface of the case 100, and an inner ring 231 disposed inside the outer ring 232 and freely inclined so that when one side rises over 360°, the opposite side descends. ) is provided,
The upper portion of the central shaft 220, which is stepped to have a narrow outer diameter, is inserted and fixed to the lower portion of the coupling member 240 while being mounted through the inner ring 231,
The lower surface of the coupling member 240 is supported by being in contact with the inner ring 231 , so that it is inclined in conjunction with the movement of the inner ring 231 together with the central axis 220 .
In claim 1 or claim 2,
The coupling member 240 fixed to the top of the central shaft 220, the coupling member 310 of the flat plate fixed to the top surface of the coupling member 240 while the load cell 320 is seated and fixed, and the top surface of the load cell 320 It further includes an auxiliary member 410 for holding the four corners of the pedestal 400 while being fixed to the
The load cell 320 is a linear scale in which the upper and lower ends of both sides protrude more than the central portion connecting both sides.
In claim 1,
The weight 500 is a wire scale made of iron or platinum, gold, tungsten, tungsten, silver, copper, lead, nickel, bismuth, morbdenum, brass, stainless 316 or bronze, which has a greater specific gravity than iron.

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