Patent ID: 8710380

Claim:
An apparatus for weighing an object, the apparatus comprising: a conveying device having an endless conveying belt and a counterpart conveying element disposed such that a clamping region for temporarily gripping the object to be weighed being formed between said endless conveying belt and said counterpart conveying element, said conveying device transporting the object gripped in said clamping region in a transporting direction; weighing scales for weighing the object while the object is gripped in said clamping region; a damping element for damping vibrations of the object gripped in said clamping region; said endless conveying belt and said counterpart conveying element guiding the object gripped in said clamping region past said damping element; said damping element having a curved surface in the transporting direction and said endless conveying belt being guided in such a way around said curved surface that said endless conveying belt rests areally against said curved surface in a damping region and said endless conveying belt and said counterpart conveying element configured to guide the object gripped in said clamping region past said curved surface; and said endless conveying belt having an extent in a vertical direction resting against said curved surface and said extent of said endless conveying belt being less than an extent of said curved surface in the vertical direction, the apparatus configured such that a flexible object, being gripped in said clamping region and pressing against said curved surface, rests areally against said curved surface while the flexible object is guided past said curved surface.