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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
CLYDE M. CAMERON, OF SIMMONS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JIM M.
JOHNSON AND ONE-THIRD TO DANIEL L. CAMERON, BOTH O' SI WONZ, TEXAS,
COMPUTING-SCALE.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 26, 1911.
Application filed December 10, 1910. Serial No.'596,625.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CLYDE M. CAMERON,
a citizen of the United States, residing at.
Simmons, in the county of Live Oak and.
5 State of Texas, have invented new and use-
ful Improvements in Computing-Scales, of
which the following is a specification.
The invention relates to scales, and more
particularly to the class of computing scales.
10 The primary object of the invention is the
provision of a scale in which the total num-
ber of pounds of material placed thereon
may be determined, and simultaneously the
price for the aggregate number of pounds
15 computed by the scales.
Another object of the invention is the pro-
vision of a scale in which material when
placed thereon may be weighed, whereby its
weight by the pound or a fraction thereof
20 may be readily and easily determined, and
at the same time, the price for the aggre-
gate number of pounds or a fraction thereof
may be computed, thus enabling the seller
and buyer of the material to accurately de-
25 terinne the weight and price of such mate-
rial, thereby obviating the practice of
fraud between said seller and buyer.
A further object of the invention is the
provision of a :cale in which material may
30 be automatically weighed and the price per
pound of said material computed or a frac-
tion less than a pound, so that the seller may.
accurately and quickly determine the total
weight of the material and simultaneously
35 the price thereof.
A still fnrtlier object of the invention is
the provision of a scale of this character
which is simple in constriction, thoroughly
reliable and efficient in operation, and inex-
40 pensive in manufacture.
With these and other objects in view, the
invention consists in the construction, com-
bination and arrangement of parts, as will
be hereinafter more fully described, illus-
45 trated in the accompanying drawings, and
pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.
In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front ele-
ventjon of a scale constructed in accordance
with the invention. Fig. 2 is a. to)) plan
50 view thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan
view of the computing dial. Fig. 4 is a ver-
tical sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5
of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a sectional view oR
55 the line 6-6 of Fig. -2. Fig, 7 is a ftag-mentary plan view of one of the graduated
dials. Fig. 8 is a plan view of another one
of the graduated dials.
Similar reference characters indicate cor-
responding parts throughout the several so
views of the drawings.
Referring to the drawings by nunierals,
the scale herein shown comprises, a base
frame 10 which is of the usual well-known
type, on which is supported a weighing plat- ''5
form 11, the latter being of the ordinary
construction and is supported by any suit-
able number of scale levers which are con-
nected in the ordinary manner with a pull
rod 12, the latter working within an ordi- 70
nary post 13 rising from one end of the
platform frame 10, the upper end of the
post 13 being provided with a right angu-
larly disposed open frame 14, which is se-
cured to the post in any suitable manner. 75
Disposed within the open frame 14 is the
ordinary scale beam 15, the same being
connected near one end to the. frame by
means of a. pivot 16. Also connected to this
beam 15 is the pull rod 12. Integral with go
or secured to the free end of the scale beam
15 is a sectorshaped toothed rack 17, the
latter meshing with a. cog pinion 18 fixed to
a horizontally disposed rotatable shaft 19,
the latter being journaled in the side bars of S5
the open frame 14, whereby on depressing
the platform 11, the scale beam 15 will be
caused to rock, thereby rotating the shaft
19 for a purpose, as will be hereinafter more
fully described. 90
Fixed to the- shaft 19 and depending
therefrom is a pendulum arm 20, the free end
of which has fixed thereto a weight:21 which
effects the gravitation of the pendunmi arm
20 to normal perpendicular position, but is 9
capable of being swung to either side of, its
normal perpendicular position when the
scale is being operated.
Suitably - fixed to one, side of the opt
frame 14 is a casing 22 which may be of any 100
desirable construction, and in which are ar-
ranged independent trains of clock gears 23,
the same being supported by the usual clock
arbors 24, and one of these trains as adapt-
ed to actuate a main arbor 25, while the 105
other train is adapted to actuate an auxil-
iary arbor 26, the train 'ysi23 - being rotated.
through the medium of a gear 27, the latter
meshing with a pinion 28:fixed to the main
arbor 24, the gear 27 being fixed to the hori- 11.1,004,363.
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Cameron, Clyde M. Computing-Scale., patent, September 26, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513641/m1/5/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.