Merchandising – Customer service – Store service
Patent
1991-08-21
1993-05-04
Huppert, Michael S.
Merchandising
Customer service
Store service
235383, G06K 710
Patent
active
052072940
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for inputting commodity data including a bar code scanner having a reading window on a front surface thereof, a keyboard for inputting the commodity data which keyboard is supported at an upper portion of the bar code scanner, and a supporting member for rotatably supporting the bar code scanner in such a manner that the bar code scanner can be rotated about a horizontal pivotal axis. The bar code scanner can be rotated according to the kind of a commodity or the height of a cashier. Accordingly, a bar code of the commodity can be placed to a laser beam scanning area by the cashier in a natural posture, and can be read by the bar code scanner reliably and easily.
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Fujii Nobuhiko
Kohno Mitunori
Kurimoto Yukuo
Umebara Takao
Hienz William M.
Huppert Michael S.
Tokyo Electric Co. Ltd.
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