Scale with lever mechanism and method for mounting components

A method for mounting a scale comprising a base, a platform and a mechanical weighing mechanism arranged between said base and said platform, wherein said weighing mechanism comprises two pairs of levers supporting said platform, the levers of one lever pair being relatively long and the levers of the other lever pair being relatively short, said relatively long levers having one end of each lever rigidly connected to a plate to form a V-shaped lever part and a free end of each lever pivotally suspended from a supporting edge on said base, said plate being supported by a spring included in said weighing mechanism, one end of said spring being attached to said plate and the other end of said spring being connected to an upper end of a longitudinally adjustable upright which serves to zero or finely adjust said scale and which at its lower end rests on said base, said relatively short lever pair having one end of each suspended from a supporting edge on said base, each of said short levers having a recessed edge in a lower side at the other end thereof for pivotally connecting said edge of said short lever to an edge of an upwardly open recess formed in the upper side of each long lever at a position between the ends of the long lever, said weighing mechanism further comprising a U-shaped supporting bar which is attached to said base on one end thereof and which accommodates indicating elements of said weighing mechanism, said method comprising the steps of premounting said V-shaped lever part, spring, and logitudinally adjustable upright of said weighing mechanism in said U-shaped supporting bar and connecting the recessed edges in the lower sides of said short levers to the edges of the upwardly open recesses formed in the upper side of said long levers and mounting said weighing mechanism in said base.