Patent ID: 7358450

Claim:
A method for weighing items moving over a weighing plate of a dynamic scale in succession comprising the steps of: transporting items on a transport belt in succession over a weighing plate having a base formed by the transport belt; moving said transport belt at a first, non-zero transport speed during a measurement time range, starting from a beginning of a weighing event of a current item on the weighing plate until a stable weight measurement of a current item occurs, and moving said transport belt at a second speed outside of said measurement time range, said first speed being slower than said second speed; and after said stable weight measurement occurs for said current item on the weighing plate, determining a weight of a next-following item on the transport belt, that is momentarily simultaneously present on the weighing plate with said current item, by detecting a weight increase due to inflow of said next following item on said weighing plate and detecting a weight decrease due to outflow of said current item from said weighing plate.