Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Mechanized store
Patent
1993-05-24
1995-05-02
Shepperd, John
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Mechanized store
186 61, G06K 1500
Patent
active
054121930
ABSTRACT:
A method for operating a point-of-transaction system carried by a fixture to efficiently use areas of a store during periods of differing intensity of usage, by placing the fixture at a prescribed area of the store and configuring the point-of-transaction system with point-of-transaction terminal components for processing items to be purchased by customers during a period of relatively intense usage. During a period of relatively less intense usage, the fixture is reconfigured as a display stand by relocating at least some of said point-of-transaction components from the fixture, and overlying remaining point-of-transaction components of the fixture with a display surface. During intense usage periods the components are located on a shelf overlying the fixture. The reconfiguration includes repositioning the shelf together with the remaining components to a location beneath the display surface within the fixture. The shelf is mounted on a slidable column above the fixture, so that reconfiguring includes detaching the shelf from the column, followed by lowering the slidable column into the fixture.
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Sanders Robert
Swartz Jerome
Lee Michael G.
Shepperd John
Symbol Technologies Inc.
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