Weighing scales – Shock absorber – damper
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-07
2011-06-07
Gibson, Randy W (Department: 2841)
Weighing scales
Shock absorber, damper
C177S187000, C177S189000, C016S066000, C004S248000, C267S120000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07956297
ABSTRACT:
A water resistant scale damper has a damper sleeve with an interior passage, an open top, and an open bottom. A piston is received in and axially slidable along the interior passage and has a top surface, an underside, and a piston rod extending from the underside toward the open bottom. A top cap is fitted over the open top of the sleeve and an air chamber is created between the top cap and the top surface of the piston. An air passage is formed through the top cap to permit air to enter and exit the air chamber. A portion of the top cap can create an elongate, non-linear air channel between the air passage and a port remote from the air passage and formed through the top cap. A bottom cap can also be fitted over the open bottom of the sleeve. The bottom cap has an annular flange that extends radially inward from a skirt of the bottom cap. The flange is funnel-shaped so as to direct liquid from beneath the underside of the piston toward a central opening in the flange. The piston rod extends through the central opening in the flange and a liquid drain gap is formed between the piston rod and the flange at the central opening.
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Dawson Michael P.
Ramos Joseph
Stultz Mark A.
Gibson Randy W
Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC
Rubbermaid Incorporated
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