Patent ID: 7038146

Claim:
A fixing device for a weight measuring apparatus, comprising: a first fixing section constituting a weight applying member to be secured to a weight receiving part adapted to bear weight to be measured; a second fixing section adapted to be secured to a weight measuring machine; wherein said first fixing section has a first fixing hole formed therethrough; wherein said second fixing section has a second fixing hole formed therethrough; wherein a screw extends through said first fixing hole and said second fixing hole; wherein said screw has a screw shaft, and a screw head at a first end portion of said screw shaft; wherein a nut is threaded onto a second end portion of said screw shaft; wherein said first fixing section and said second fixing section are secured onto said screw shaft between said screw head and said nut; wherein at least one of said first fixing hole and said second fixing hole has an opening larger than said screw shaft by more than an assembly tolerance; wherein one of said first and second fixing sections constitutes a top fixing section, and the other of said first and second fixing section constitutes a bottom fixing section; and wherein said top fixing section is arranged vertically above said bottom fixing section, and said screw shaft is oriented generally vertically, so that the weight to be measured bears downwardly generally in an axial direction of said screw shaft.