Abstract: An article transporting and weighing device for use at checkout counters and the like includes a series of successively-disposed conveyors operable for transporting articles thereon and therealong to a collection station, and a weighing device located under a central one of the conveyors. When an article to be weighed is being transported along the conveyors, movement of the central (i.e. scale) conveyor is halted with the article positioned thereon, whereupon the weight of the article is determined by the weighing device, and the scale conveyor is then restarted to continue transport of the article to the collection station.