Patent ID: 7339122

Claim:
A device to weigh objects of a uniform nature having at least a first weighing module and a second weighing module, each weighing module comprising: a parallel-guiding mechanism; a load receiver; and a weighing cell connected to said load receiver through a force-transmitting rod, said weighing cell being arranged in a design space whose dimensions in a plane that extends orthogonal to a direction of a load are delimited by design spaces of neighboring weighing cells, wherein the parallel-guiding mechanism comprises at least one movable parallelogram leg connected to the force-transmitting rod of the associated weighing module, at least one upper parallel-guiding member, at least one lower parallel-guiding member and at least one stationary portion; and wherein the at least one stationary portion of the first weighing module is arranged within a design space of the weighing cell of the second weighing module.