ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,775, issued on Aug. 12.
"Weighbridge conveyor belt scale" was invented by Todd Dietrich (Lenzburg, Ill.) and Ronald Dietrich (Lenzburg, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to improvements to a weighbridge belt scale, used in combination with a conveyor system, that incorporates a pair of base plates, attached to an existing conveyor structure, each base plate contains two weight sensors, which connect upon riser blocks, to provide for uniform clearance between the mount base plates, and the idler mount plates, of the conveyor system. Various rod end bearings allow for minor corrections to the assembly imperfect...