US Patent Issued to YAMATO SCALE on July 8 for "Seal structure and weighing machine comprising same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,395, issued on July 8, was assigned to YAMATO SCALE Co. LTD. (Akashi, Japan).

"Seal structure and weighing machine comprising same" was invented by Takayuki Nagai (Akashi, Japan) and Shogo Shimatani (Akashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing structure is provided that includes a sealing member having an annular shape and elastically deformable. The sealing member is interposed between a top plate of a cabinet mounted with a vibrator and a vibrating head of the vibrator disposed in a manner that protrudes upward out of an opening of the top plate. The sealing member includes an upper coupler, an intermediate coupler contin...