Laboratory balance with a cantilevered weighing pan

A laboratory balance, comprising:

• a weighing chamber, with a weighing chamber rear wall with at least one passage opening therethrough;
• a weighing pan, located inside the weighing chamber;
• comprising two sidebars spaced apart and held together by a connecting member, each of the sidebars having a substantially L-shaped configuration with a substantially horizontal portion and a substantially vertical portion that are joined together at a substantially right angle, the vertical portion further comprising a hook-shaped portion;
• a housing, adjoining the weighing chamber rear wall;
• and
• a weighing cell, located inside the housing, the weighing cell comprising a load-receiving structure, arranged on a side of the weighing cell that faces the weighing chamber rear wall, the load-receiving structure comprising a suspension pin that extending in a direction transverse of the load-receiving structure), such that the weighing pan moves in a longitudinal direction of the laboratory balance towards and away from the weighing chamber rear wall, the weighing pan being brought into engagement with the load-receiving structure through the at least one passage opening;
• wherein the hook-shaped portion is configured to engage the suspension pin and the vertical portion of each sidebars further comprises a guiding portion that extends from the hook-shaped portion towards the load-receiving structure and slopes upwards from the hook-shaped portion, so that, through sliding contact between the suspension pin and the guiding portion, the hook-shaped portion is guided to seated engagement on the suspension pin.