Patent ID: 7911597

Claim:
An inspection instrument comprising: a main unit; a Brix testing unit disposed in the main unit; a weight measurement unit disposed in the main unit and located below the Brix testing unit; a display unit disposed on the main unit; and a control unit provided with a control keypad and a controller, the control keypad being disposed on the main unit and linked to the controller, the controller being provided in the main unit and linked to the Brix testing unit, the weight measurement unit, and the display unit, respectively; wherein a holder is further disposed on and exposed out of the main unit and contains a loading surface, and the holder is located above the Brix testing unit and fixed to the weight measurement unit; wherein the Brix testing unit comprises a laser testing component comprised of a laser transmission end, a laser receiving end and a fixation disk, both of the laser transmission end and the laser receiving end being mounted on the fixation disk and the fixation disk being fastened to a bottom of the main unit; and wherein the weight measurement unit is comprised of a weight sensor suspended to the bottom of the main unit and below the Brix testing unit, and a bracket having its center fixed to the weight sensor and one end coupled to the holder, such that the Brix testing unit is free of physical contact with either of the weight measurement unit and the holder to allow the Brix testing unit and the weight measurement unit to operate independently from each other.