Patent ID: 6891113

Claim:
A balance comprising a housing ( 1 ) with a bottom ( 6 ), at least one display/operating unit ( 13 ), at least one cable ( 14 ) connecting the at least one display/operating unit ( 13 ) to the balance, a corridor compartment ( 24 ) arranged at the bottom ( 6 ) for storing an unused length of the at least one cable ( 14 ), and at least one exit opening ( 22 , 29 , 30 ) from the corridor compartment ( 24 ) for the cable ( 14 ) to pass through, wherein the at least one display/operating unit ( 13 ) can be placed adjacent to the housing ( 1 ) as well as at a distance from the housing ( 1 ), and wherein the corridor compartment ( 24 ) has a height that is sufficiently small that the cable ( 14 ) is freely movable only horizontally inside the corridor compartment ( 24 ) so that a required length of cable can be pulled out of the corridor compartment ( 24 ) or an unused length of cable can be pushed into the corridor compartment ( 24 ).