Provided is a protective cover for a weighing instrument in which movement of a sliding door does not degrade over time. A protective cover (2) for a weighing instrument includes sliding doors (2L, 2R) defining a weighing chamber (5), an upper frame (11) formed at an upper edge of the sliding door, a lower frame (12) formed at a lower edge of the sliding door, an upper guide rail (17) disposed on the upper frame, and a lower guide rail (18) disposed under the lower frame, where the upper guide rail suspends the upper frame, and between the upper guide rail and the upper frame, balls (215) are disposed at a plurality of positions in a moving direction of the sliding door.

A mass comparator including a weighing chamber (16); a draft shield (18, 20, 22), which surrounds the weighing chamber; a climate module (34), which is detachably disposed in the weighing chamber; a processor (32), a data input unit, and a data transmission path, over which data is exchanged between the climate module and the processor. The processor is programmed to use the air pressure, the air humidity and the air temperature in the weighing chamber to determine, based on the density of a substance to be weighed, an air buoyancy of at least one test sample and/or a buoyancy correction factor. Also disclosed are a climate module configured to electrically yet detachably couple to a mass comparator, and a method for operating a mass comparator including determining the air buoyancy and/or the buoyancy correction factor.

A dosing device with a balance, which includes a weighing chamber (16); a processor (32); a climate module (34), which is disposed in the weighing chamber (16); a data transmission path, over which data is exchanged between the climate module (34) and the processor (32); and a mixing formulation display (30). Also disclosed are a climate module configured to electrically couple to a dosing device in a detachable manner, wherein the climate module (34) forms a self-contained modular unit and includes various sensors (52, 54, 62) and a path over which data is transmitted to a processor external to the climate module, and a method for mixing a formulation, using a dosing device, wherein ambient conditions are detected during dosage of the substances to be combined, and the mixing ratio is adjusted in accordance with the detected ambient conditions.

A cover (24) of a draft shield (12) of a precision balance (10), has a support frame (36) on which holding elements (40) and/or guide rails (38) are provided for a front panel (18) and/or at least one side panel (26), and a cover element (54) which is pivotable, about a bearing (60) provided at one edge, between a holding position and a releasing position. At the edge positioned opposite the bearing are holding elements (72, 74) which fix the cover element at the opposite edge of the support frame, wherein the holding elements can be released by displacing at least one portion of the cover element in the direction toward the bearing.

A balance including a weighing chamber (16); a draft shield (23), which surrounds the weighing chamber; a climate module (34), which is detachably disposed in the weighing chamber; a processor (32), which is programmed to provide an evaporation rate correction value; a data input unit; and a data transmission path, over which data is exchanged between the climate module and the processor. Also disclosed are a climate module configured to electrically yet detachably couple to a balance, wherein the climate module forms a self-contained modular unit and includes various sensors (52, 54, 62) and a path over which data is transmitted to an external processor, and to a method for calibrating a pipette using a balance, wherein an evaporation rate is determined during the calibration process, and the measurement is corrected in accordance with the determined evaporation rate.

The balance includes the double windshield including an inner windshield that covers a weighing pan, and an outer windshield that covers the inner windshield, the respective windshields include sliding doors openable and closable on a lateral surface, a pair of engagement members configured to link sliding doors positioned on the same lateral surface side of the respective windshields so as to move in the same direction are provided, a protrusion is provided on one engagement member, and a recess is provided in the other engagement member, the protrusion is configured to enter into and exit from the recess, when the protrusion enters into the recess, the pair of engagement members is brought into an engaged state, and in such an engaged state, the sliding doors are linked together to be capable of opening and closing simultaneously.

A gravimetric measuring system (10) includes a balance (12) with a weighing chamber (22), surrounded by a plurality of weighing chamber walls (23, 24, 26, 28); an electromechanical weighing system (181); and an electronic control apparatus (36) controlling the system operation according to routines stored in a memory (363) thereof; and a plurality of functional modules (14, 16), configured to be inserted into module receptacles, arranged on at least one weighing chamber wall (28). The at least one weighing chamber wall (28) is designed as a carrier structure, with recesses (283) which constitute clearances occupying a majority of the wall surface and which form the module receptacles. Either the functional modules (14, 16) or diaphragms (15) without a weighing function close the recesses and are spatially adapted to the recesses.

A weighing chamber base (34) for a precision balance (10) has a weighing base section (98) and two side cheeks (100), which extend perpendicularly from the weighing base section, and which are arranged on opposite edges (102) of the weighing base section outside the draft shield (12). Also, a draft shield (12) that has such a weighing chamber base (34), and has at least one side panel (26), which can be moved between an open position and a closed position. The side cheeks of the weighing chamber base form a section of the side walls (22) of the draft shield (12).

Embodiments of the present application provide a weighing device that comprises a weighing unit for weighing wafers, a support structure placed on the weighing unit, at least two support platforms disposed on the support structure and each having a bearing surface for supporting peripheral regions of the wafers, and a driving part for driving the support platforms to move on the support structure, so as to adapt the at least two support platforms to bear the differently sized wafers. Since a wafer contacts merely several support platforms, cleanness of the wafer is better maintained during the weighing process; at the same time, the support platforms are enabled to stably bear differently sized wafers through adjustment of movements of the support platforms on the support structure.

A weighing device is disclosed which includes a chassis, a load cell, and a weighing pan functionally coupled to the load cell. The weighing device includes a locking device adapted and configured to selectively fix the weighing pan relative to the chassis of the weighing device. The locking device may be used to fix the weighing pan relative to the chassis of the weighing device prior to placing objects onto the weighing pan and prior to removing objects from the weighing pan, so as to inhibit inducing swings of the weighing pan, impulses and shocks on the load cell, and other detrimental effects by loading and unloading the weighing pan. A system comprising the weighing device and a method for weight determination are further disclosed.