Merchandising – Customer service – Store service
Patent
1994-09-02
1997-06-24
Bartuska, F. J.
Merchandising
Customer service
Store service
186 66, A47F 904
Patent
active
056410395
ABSTRACT:
To be used to checkout a plurality of items to be purchased, a purchase checkout station including a product scanner utilized to scan a bar code of the item to be purchased and obtain store and purchase information relative to the item to be purchased, a data transmission connector structured to receive the purchase and pricing information regarding the items to be purchased from the product scanner for transmittal to the purchase checkout station for totalling and storage. The purchase checkout station including a loading platform whereon each item to be purchased is individually placed and verified as an item which has been scanned and whose pricing and purchase information has been transmitted to the checkout station, whereafter the loading platform is moved to an open position enabling the verified item to be purchased atop the loading platform, only if it has been properly scanned, to be placed into an automatically positioned and opened bag which receives a predetermined quantity of the items to be purchased therein and is sealed for secured removal by the consumer subsequent to payment.
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