Merchandising – Customer service – Store service
Patent
1995-04-10
1996-12-17
Bartuska, F. J.
Merchandising
Customer service
Store service
186 66, 235383, A47F 904
Patent
active
055843620
ABSTRACT:
A customer checkout apparatus for recording the prices of purchase items where the purchase items each have an item information display mechanism for storing purchase item data including purchase item price in machine readable form includes an item check-out vessel for receiving each of the purchase items, and for checking each purchase item, the vessel including a vessel wall and an item receiving door for opening to admit a given purchase item into the vessel and for closing to secure the item against tampering during item check-out, a purchase item display mechanism scanning device for reading item data from the information display mechanism on each item upon closing of the item receiving door, and a microprocessor for receiving and processing and storing data scanned by the display mechanism scanning device. A method of using the apparatus is also provided, and includes the steps of placing the purchase item and the attached information display mechanism into the check-out vessel, closing the item receiving door, scanning the information display mechanism, and releasing the item from the vessel.
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