Patent ID: 7528329

Claim:
Weighing system for weighing a receptor/superstructure with or without a load comprising one or more weighing elements for bearing the weight of the receptor/superstructure with or without a load, at least one weighing element having two fastening ends and being securely connected with two fasteners respectively to the receptor/superstructure and to a framework/chassis, whereby one fastener is positioned in the connection between one fastening end of the weighing element and the framework/chassis while the other fastener is positioned in the connection between the other fastening end of the weighing element and the receptor/superstructure, the weighing system having a lifting cylinder, which can life the receptor/superstructure from the framework/chassis for weighing and that can deposit the receptor/superstructure on the framework/chassis after weighing, characterized in that the lifting cylinder connects one of the fastening ends of the weighing element and the associated fastener.