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A rail weighing device for the weighing of a load on a wheeled carrier or support riding on a rail transfer system, e.g., a monorail conveyor system. The device includes a subassembly that is mounted as a section of the rail of the system. The subassembly includes a novel rail section and strain-measuring means mounted on that rail section. At least part of the rail surface of the rail section is the top surface of a cantilever that is at least a part of the uppermost portion of the rail section. The strain gage is mounted on a surface of the cantilever to generate a signal proportional to the load on the carrier moving along the cantilever part of the rail section. The device includes means to convert that signal to an indicia of the weight of the load and means responsive to the presence of a wheeled carrier on the cantilever part of the rail section to operate the converter for a predetermined period of time.
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