Arrangement with conveyor and scale

An apparatus comprising:

• (a) a conveyor device adapted to transport products in a transport direction;
• (b) wherein the conveyor device includes an upper conveyor belt and a lower conveyor belt arranged in parallel with each other, the lower conveyor belt being located under the upper conveyor belt and spaced apart from the upper conveyor belt in a vertical direction running orthogonal to the transport direction;
• (c) wherein the upper conveyor belt extends around an upper belt body and the lower conveyor belt extends around a lower belt body such that a lower run of the upper conveyor belt faces an upper run of the lower conveyor belt with a belt spacing therebetween in the vertical direction, and wherein the upper belt body includes a belt support element extending adjacent to the lower run of the upper conveyor belt;
• (d) wherein the belt support element includes an upper belt straight clamping section facing the upper run of the lower conveyor belt and extending in the transport direction parallel to a lower belt straight clamping section of the lower belt body at a presettable vertical spacing in order to facilitate the transport of the products in the transport direction between the lower run of the upper conveyor belt and the upper run of the lower conveyor belt;
• (e) wherein the belt support element includes a release section facing the upper run of the lower conveyor belt and extending from a connecting position adjacent to the upper belt straight clamping section along a release length in the transport direction, the release section at least partially overlapping the lower belt straight clamping section and residing at an angle with respect to the upper belt straight clamping section so that the distance between the lower run of the upper conveyor belt and the upper run of the lower conveyor belt increases in the transport direction;
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• (f) a scale including a weighing belt forming a preload, the weighing belt extending over a weighing belt length in the transport direction in order to accept products delivered by the conveyor device, wherein a receiving end of the weighing belt is located adjacent to a frontmost end of the lower belt clamping section in the transport direction and the weighing belt length is the same length or longer than the release length.