Merchandising – Customer service – Store service
Patent
1994-10-12
1996-09-03
Bartuska, F. J.
Merchandising
Customer service
Store service
186 66, 186 67, A47F 1002
Patent
active
055515312
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for pricing and bagging purchase items which are marked with bar codes includes a hub rotatably mounted on a hub mounting structure, a transparent and substantially horizontal upper table positioned over the lower table and rotatably mounted on the hub, the upper table having a circular array of purchase item delivery ports opening through the upper table, a transparent tray removably covering the purchase item delivery ports for receiving and retaining one the purchase item, a motor for rotating the upper table on the hub, a bar code scanner positioned beneath the upper table and directed upward, a plurality of bags individually designated for specific types of purchase items and positioned below one of the delivery ports for selectively receiving the purchase item, a tray tilting mechanism for tilting the tray to drop the purchase item from the tray through the port beneath the tray into one of the bags, a microprocessor for controlling the operation of the motor to rotate the upper table to pass the purchase item over the scanner to read the price and classification of the purchase item, and then for operating the motor to rotate the purchase item to a position directly above one of the bags designated for receiving purchase items of the classification of the purchase item, and for causing the tray tilting mechanism to drop the purchase item off the tray and through the port beneath the tray, into the particular bag, and for replacing the tray, and the method of using the apparatus.
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