Patent ID: 6864438

Claim:
A loading stage ( 1 ) for a balance, wherein the balance comprises a load receiver ( 10 ) with an arrangement of arms ( 11 ) designed to support a weight, and wherein the loading stage ( 1 ) comprises at least one weight-placement device ( 5 ) arranged so that the load receiver ( 10 ) can reach through the weight-placement device ( 5 ) without touching the latter, the loading stage ( 1 ) and the load receiver ( 10 ) being moveable up and down in relation to each other, and wherein further the at least one weight-placement device ( 5 ) has a second depression sloped at a variable second slope angle towards a center ( 23 ) of the weight-placement device ( 5 ), and the at least one weight-placement device ( 5 ) has an open space in an area of the center ( 23 ).