Weighing system and coupling strip

A weighing system comprising a base, a load receptor coupled to the base by a parallel linkage arrangement so as to be vertically movable, and a lever articulated to the base by a lever joint so as to be pivotable, the lever having a first lever arm arranged on one side of the lever joint and a second lever arm arranged on an opposite side of the lever joint and configured to accommodate a sensor arrangement,

• wherein the first lever arm is coupled to the load receptor by a coupling belt so as to transmit vertical forces, the coupling belt being fixed both to the first lever arm and to the load receptor, and wherein the coupling belt has two functional areas which have reduced width and reduced thickness compared to immediately adjacent areas of the coupling belt, namely
• a thin-section joint, which has a thickness that, in a longitudinal direction of the coupling belt, initially decreases and then, after reaching a minimum thickness at a specific point, increases again in order to define a localized first pivot axis extending parallel to a width direction of the coupling belt and perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the coupling belt, and
• a resilient region which has a thickness that, in the longitudinal direction of the coupling belt, initially decreases, then, after reaching a minimum thickness, remains constant over a distance corresponding to at least a width of the coupling belt, and then increases again so as to define a continuous array of second pivot axes parallel to the first pivot axis.