Patent ID: 8304669

Claim:
A holding fixture for a weighing scale, the weighing scale including a transport device which transports objects to be weighed by the weighing scale, the holding fixture including: (a) a holding fixture structure adapted to be mounted in an operating position between the transport device and a weighing cell for the weighing scale, the holding fixture structure in the operating position being mounted so as to transmit the weight force to be detected from the transport device to a force introduction area of the weighing cell through which the weighing cell experiences the weight force to be detected; (b) a drive unit arranged in the holding fixture structure such that the holding fixture structure and drive unit together form a module, wherein when the holding fixture structure is in the operating position the module is connected exclusively (i) to the weighing cell within the force introduction area and (ii) to the transport device, with at least one motor included in the drive unit adapted to drive the transport device; and (c) wherein the weighing cell experiences the weight force to be detected in the direction of an imaginary force introduction axis passing through the force introduction area.