Patent ID: 8383965

Claim:
A top-pan balance comprising: a weighing pan attached to a pan support; and a weighing system, comprising: a housing defining fixed points, a load cell connected to the fixed points on the housing of the weighing system by an upper connecting rod and a lower connecting rod configured as a parallel guide to move in a vertical direction, and an overload safety mechanism, wherein the pan support is configured to secure the load cell against overload, and is connected to the load cell through an auxiliary parallel guide and through a pre-tensioned spring element, such that the weighing pan is rigidly coupled to the load cell in a permissible weight range and is resiliently coupled to the load cell in an excessive weight range that exceeds the permissible weight range, wherein at least one limit stop is fixed to the housing and limits the elastic deflection of the weighing pan and the pan support in case of overload, the weighing system further comprising a corner load sensor between the pan support and the load cell, wherein the corner load sensor and the overload safety mechanism form a common assembly, wherein the corner load sensor is arranged, with respect to a weighing force flow direction from the weighing pan to the load cell, behind the overload safety mechanism, and wherein the common assembly is attached on a side of the load cell that faces the connecting rods and extends into a space situated between the connecting rods.