Check stand with a two belted input and a slidable scanner
US7967112B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47F9/04
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
This invention provides a high-volume check stand with a front transport that has two belted input conveyors so that a customer can load one belt while the cashier is checking out products purchased by a second customer on the second belt. This two belt module has a flush rear end to which is attached a scanner that can be slid from one belt to the other. Preferably this check stand has an output module which has two belts and two rollers so that the check stand can use a bagger on each side for bagging the items, to speed checkout time. Embodiments of this check stand may have an output module that is a carousel or a turntable. It could also have any combination of one or two conveyor belts and one or two rollers on an incline for use in packing the products. A scanner is placed between the flush rear end of the front transport and the flush front end of the output module. The scanner has means for either being slid transversely or rotated by the cashier between one belted conveyor and the other conveyer so that the cashier can move from scanning products on one conveyor to the other.
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