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14. Servicing of Balance
The right and left windshield doors, measurement pan in the measurement chamber, pan base,
windshield ring, and floor plate can easily be removed for cleaning of the balance. Be sure to
disconnect the AC adapter before cleaning the balance.
Push down
Claw
(1)
↓
Remove the door storage
cover.
(2)
↓
1. Removing the windshield doors
*1
(1) Push down the knob (lower) to unlock the door on the side
of the door to be removed.
(2) Remove the door storage cover. To remove the cover,
push down the claw and tilt the cover toward you.
(3) Remove the doors by pushing them out to the rear.
(4) The doors can be put back by reversing the removal
procedure. When reassembling the doors, put the door
(fitted with knobs) on the other and install them together
by laying them on top of each other.
*1 All four doors have different shapes. To avoid an error
during reassembly, remove the doors one by one. When
reassembling the doors, note their proper orientation.
2. Removing the measurement pan in the measurement
chamber, pan base, windshield ring, and floor plate.
Raise the windshield ring. The pan base and measurement
pan can be removed at the same time.
To remove the floor plate, hold it by the sides with both hands
and pull it up.
To put those components back in place, install them in this
order: floor plate
→
windshield ring
→
pan base
→
measurement pan.
3. Cleaning the balance
Wipe off dirt on the body of the balance with a soft damp
cloth. Commercial cleaners may be used, but refrain from
using strong solvents or cleaners containing abrasives.
Moreover, when cleaning the balance, use caution to avoid
the entrance of liquid or dirt into the interior of the body
(mechanism section).
Push the
doors out.
(3)