Merchandising – Customer service – Store service
Patent
1993-02-19
1994-12-27
Bartuska, F. J.
Merchandising
Customer service
Store service
235383, A47F 904
Patent
active
053756800
ABSTRACT:
A check-out device includes an input section for inputting an article code recorded on an article, an entry conveyor for conveying an article put thereon after the article code is input, a weighing device for measuring the weight of the article put on the entry conveyor, an electronic cash register storing reference weights assigned to various articles along with article codes assigned to the various articles, for comparing the weight measured by the weighing device with reference weight of an article corresponding to the input article code, and performing registration and settlement of the article corresponding to the input article code when it is detected from a result of comparison that the article corresponding to the input article code is identical to one put on the entry conveyor. Particularly, the check-out device further includes a processing section for inhibiting a next article code from being input at least during a period from when the article code has been input until the article put on the entry conveyor is removed.
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Akita Hiromasa
Ikeda Tsutomu
Bartuska F. J.
Tokyo Electric Co. Ltd.
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