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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110259130 | METHOD OF MONITORING A POTENTIOMETRIC MEASURING PROBE Method and system of monitoring a measuring probe which is in contact with a measurement medium and registers a measurement value of the measurement medium, wherein the method comprises determining and evaluating time-dependent values of a first and a second parameter, ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20120010840 | CALIBRATION DEVICE FOR A FORCE-MESURING DEVICE, AND FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE The invention concerns a calibration device (40) for a force-measuring device (1), specifically a balance, with an electrically controllable force-generating means (41) designed to be coupled to a force-measuring cell (10) of a force-measurin... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110318243 | SAMPLING DEVICE An in situ sampling device for capturing a material sample from a vessel. Embodiments of the present invention may be disposed as elongate probes having extendable sample capture elements. A sample capture element of such a device may include a concave sample capture po... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110314900 | SAMPLING DEVICE AND METHOD An in situ autosampling method and associated sampling device for capturing a material sample from a vessel. Methods of the present invention make use of a sampling device having an extendable sample capture element with a concave sample capture pocket located near a di... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110296899 | LOAD CARRIER A load carrier with a receiving pan for a free-flowing substance, a calibration weight holder for supporting a calibration weight, and a connector element for connecting the load carrier to a load receiver of a weighing cell. The receiving pan is arranged between the co... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110286886 | LABORATORY INSTRUMENT FOR THE PREPARATION OF SAMPLES A laboratory instrument for the preparation of samples includes a base housing with a work compartment enclosed by protective walls, at least one multifunctional work head having the ability to turn about a rotary axis pivotally supported on the base housing. At least t... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110252898 | SAMPLING DEVICE A sampling device allows samples to be taken from a fluid that is pressurized and/or contains volatile components. The sampling device has a sampling housing (121, 521), an inlet (10, 110, 510), an outlet (11, 111, 511), a measuring cell (17, 317... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110232357 | CALIBRATION ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC BALANCE A method for adjusting a calibration arrangement of an electronic balance during the production process, wherein the calibration arrangement includes a transfer mechanism with a drive system, and wherein the calibration arrangement couples at least one calibration weigh... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110220686 | DOSAGE-DISPENSING UNIT FOR FREE FLOWING SUBSTANCES A dosage-dispensing head has a body with an end surface and an area that couples the head to a source container. The end surface has an outlet opening connected to the coupling area. The head also has a slider, constrained to a guided linear sliding movement parallel to... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110204088 | DOSAGE-DISPENSING DEVICE WITH A CHANGING MECHANISM FOR DOSAGE-DISPENSING UNITS A device for dispensing a dosage includes a base frame, at least one device for receiving any dosage-dispensing unit or functional unit that is compatible to be inserted therein, a holder and at least one drive mechanism. The holder has at least one holding position for... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110203857 | METHOD OF MONITORING A FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE, FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE AND FORCE-MEASURING MODULE A method, and a device that is operable according to the method, for monitoring the condition of a force-measuring device, particularly a weighing device having a movable force-transmitting portion through which a force that is acting on the force-measuring device is tr... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110203701 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE FILLING OF TARGET CONTAINERS A container is filled to a predetermined target mass of a free-flowing substance with the help of a device that dispenses measured doses of the substance. The dispensing device has a valve for variably adjusting the mass flow rate of the substance from a reservoir into ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110197671 | LOAD RECEIVER DEVICE FOR DENSITY DETERMINATIONS A load receiver device that serves to receive at least one solid body and to hold the solid body in place in a surrounding fluid during a density determination. Embodiments of the load receiver device include a hanger module that is adapted to establish a hanging connec... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110192491 | RECEPTACLE FOR WEIGHING PRESCRIBED TARGET QUANTITIES OF SUBSTANCES A receptacle for the weighing-in of free-flowing substances has a fill opening, a tubular-shaped circumference wall, and a bottom part. The bottom part is connected to the tubular-shaped circumference wall, which it tightly closes off in the direction of gravity when th... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110172934 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE FILLING OF TARGET CONTAINERS A container is filled to a predetermined target mass of a free-flowing substance with the help of a device that dispenses measured doses of the substance. The device has a valve for variably adjusting the mass flow rate of the substance from a reservoir into the contain... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110163756 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING FAILURES IN INDUCTIVE CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS OF A FLUID MEDIUM Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and devices for detecting open-circuit and short-circuit failure in an electromagnetic (inductive) measurement of the conductivity of liquids and on the sensor and cable wiring. An electromagnetic me... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110147099 | FORCE-TRANSMITTING DEVICE WITH A CALIBRATION WEIGHT THAT CAN BE COUPLED AND UNCOUPLED The disclosed embodiments describe force-transmitting devices for use in gravimetric measuring instruments. The force-transmitting devices scale the force from a calibration weight to facilitate calibration and weighing. The devices comprise unidirectional coupling elem... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110140717 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INDUCTIVE CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS OF A FLUID MEDIUM Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include methods and devices for the electromagnetic (inductive) measurement of the conductivity of liquids by immersing a sensor into the liquid, wherein the sensor includes at least 2 toroidal cores, one of said cores carr... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110140716 | INPUT CIRCUIT FOR INDUCTIVE MEASUREMENTS OF THE CONDUCTIVITY OF A FLUID MEDIUM Exemplary embodiments of the invention include an input circuit for electromagnetic (inductive) measurements of the conductivity of liquids. The input circuit and the induction coil are directly coupled, and the arrangement includes a current-voltage converting circuit ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110122913 | THERMAL ANALYSIS DEVICE A thermal analysis device comprising a replaceable sensor that can be contacted via a contact element of an electrical contacting means, a heating element and a cooling element. The contact element(s) is thermally connected with the heating element and can be heated ess... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110036870 | DOSAGE-DISPENSING DEVICE FOR POWDERS AND PASTES A dosage-dispensing device, which can be used for dosage materials in the form of powders or pastes, includes a housing with at least one receptacle compartment formed inside the housing for the purpose of holding the dosage material. The dosage-dispensing device furthe... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110017521 | GRAVIMETRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENT WITH RELEASABLE LOAD RECEIVER A gravimetric measuring instrument that contains a weighing cell having a load-transmitting member. A load receiver can be coupled to the load-transmitting member through a releasable connection. A mechanical stop resides on the load-transmitting member, and a mechanica... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110005295 | CALIBRATION WEIGHT ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC BALANCE A calibration weight arrangement (4, 104) for an electronic balance with a force-transmitting mechanism (1) has a calibration weight (3, 103) adapted to be coupled to the force-transmitting mechanism. The arrangement also has a transfer mechanism an... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110000321 | MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT FOR DENSITY DETERMINATION An instrument for measuring density, with a housing (1) and a measurement cell (2) arranged therein. The housing has an inlet opening and an outlet opening for a fluid sample, with a first adapter (12) for connecting the inlet opening to a sample re... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100328652 | REFRACTOMETER A refractometer has a housing (1), a measurement cell (8) arranged in the housing (1), and a lid unit (2). The lid unit has a base plate (3) with a cutout (7) allowing access to the measurement cell, and a lid (4) for cov... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100326743 | DRAFT SHIELD FOR A BALANCE A draft shield for a balance, the draft shield having a rear wall and rails extending forward from the top corners of the rear wall. The rails contain guide tracks for a top cover panel and two sidewalls. A draft shield of this design allows for easy cleaning and also p... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100294573 | CONTROLLED AND/OR REGULATED FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE A force-measuring device 1, particularly a balance, operates on the principle of electromagnetic force-compensation. An electric coil 53 is arranged to be movable in a magnet system 50. The coil has at least two windings W1, W2 and a c... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100288660 | DRAFT PROTECTION DEVICE FOR A LABORATORY INSTRUMENT A draft protection device for a laboratory instrument according to the invention encloses a weighing compartment that surrounds a balance pan and includes a rear wall, a front wall, two sidewalls, a top cover with at least one opening, and a floor that is delimited by b... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100288566 | DRAFT PROTECTION DEVICE FOR A LABORATORY INSTRUMENT A draft protection device for a laboratory instrument. The device encloses a weighing compartment that surrounds a balance pan. The draft protection device includes a rear wall, a front wall, two sidewalls, a top cover, and a floor that is delimited by border edges. The... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100276213 | LABORATORY INSTRUMENT WITH A PROTECTED WORKING COMPARTMENT A laboratory instrument with a housing containing a weighing cell has a working compartment that is connected to the housing. The working compartment has a floor, a top cover, a rear wall, a front wall and two sidewalls. Arranged in the working compartment is a load rec... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100255588 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE A calorimeter with at least one reactor for receiving a sample. A reactor jacket may surround the reactor. A reactor-heating device and a reactor-cooling device serve to regulate an internal reactor temperature. The reactor-cooling device preferably comprises a thermoel... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100230178 | BALANCE A balance (100) has a balance housing (200), a balance pan (300), a weighing compartment (310) that contains the balance pan, a draft shield (400) with a fixed rear wall (210), the draft shield enclosing the weighing compartment... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100203649 | OPTOCHEMICAL SENSOR ELEMENT An optochemical sensor element 9 measures gaseous or dissolved analytes, in particular of oxygen. The sensor element 9 includes a fluorophor 25 that is immobilized in a polymer matrix 23. The polymer matrix itself is formed of a polymer with ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100195695 | THERMO-ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT A thermo-analytical instrument, especially a differential scanning calorimeter has a sample position (201, 401) for receiving a sample (206), a reference position (202, 402), a heating means associated with the sample position and the reference posi... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100193078 | DOSAGE-DISPENSING ELEMENT The invention concerns to a dosage-dispensing element (10) for free-flowing and pourable bulk materials, which has a main body that is deformable, in particular elastic, with a round inlet opening (11) and a slot-shaped outlet opening (21). On the o... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100193074 | DOSAGE-DISPENSING ELEMENT ON A CONTAINER FOR FREE-FLOWING OR POURABLE BULK MATERIALS A dosage-dispensing element (30) on a container (10, 11) for free-flowing or pourable bulk materials has an outlet spout (12) that reaches into the element. The element has an inlet opening (32) on the side facing towards the container, a cla... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100170723 | WEIGHING OBJECT CARRIER FOR A BALANCE A carrier for objects to be sequentially weighed is designed for connection to a load receiver of a weighing cell. The carrier has a supporting structure and a multi-compartment weighing tray. The supporting structure has an element for coupling the supporting structure... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100147882 | DOSAGE-DISPENSING DEVICE A device for dispensing a dosage material has a container with an outlet spout and a metering element adjoining the outlet spout. The metering element has an inlet opening on a side facing the container and an outlet opening on a side that faces away from the container.... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100147049 | CHECK WEIGHT, METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ENSURE TRACEABILITY OF SAME A check weight (1) that is used to check a gravimetric measuring instrument, specifically a balance, or to check a further weight, is provided with a means of identification. This marking which is applied on the outside surface of the check weight includes a perm... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100084199 | MULTIPLE FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE, FORCE-MEASURING MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A CONDITION OF THE MULTIPLE FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE A multiple force-measuring device, especially a multiple weighing device has at least two force-measuring modules. Each force-measuring module includes a force-measuring cell and a power delivery means. The power delivery means of at least one of the force-measuring mod... | 04/08/2010 |
