Weighing conveyor

Claim 1

IN AN ARTICLE CONVEYOR, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A FRAME; A CONVEYOR SUPPORTED ON SAID FRAME FOR MOVEMENT ALONG THE FRAME; A CARRIER FOR SUPPORTING AN ARTICLE TO BE CONVEYED; MEANS MOUNTING SAID CARRIER ON SAID CONVEYOR FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER BY SAID CONVEYOR AND FREE VERTICAL FLOATING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER RELATIVE TO SAID CONVEYOR DURING MOVEMENT OF THE CARRIER WITH THE CONVEYOR; A WEIGHING SCALE ON SAID FRAME INCLUDING A WEIGHING PLATFORM DISPOSED BENEATH SAID CONVEYOR, SAID CARRIER INCLUDING A SUPPORTING MEMBER DISPOSED FOR VERTICAL SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SCALE PLATFORM DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER PAST SAID SCALE; SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER BEING NORMALLY DISPOSED AT A GIVEN ELEVATION RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME WHEN SAID CARRIER IS VERTICALLY SUPPORTED BY SAID CONVEYOR AND APPROACHING SAID SCALE, AND THE NORMAL ELEVATION OF SAID SCALE PLATFORM BEING ABOVE SAID GIVEN ELEVATION, WHEREBY SAID SCALE PLATFORM SUPPORTS SAID CARRIER IN AN ELEVATED POSITION OUT OF VERTICAL SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONVEYOR AND SAID SCALE ACCURATELY RESPONDS TO THE COMBINED WEIGHT OF SAID CARRIER AND AN ARTICLE SUPPORTED THEREBY DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER OVER SAID SCALE PLATFORM; AND MEANS ON SAID FRAME IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SAID SCALE FOR ELEVATING SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER TO THE NORMAL ELEVATION OF SAID SCALE, PLATFORM AS SAID CARRIER APPROACHES SAID SCALE, THEREBY TO EFFECT MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER ONTO SAID SCALE PLATFORM.