Article price indicator

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1989-03-07

1990-09-25

Pitts, Harold I.

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Systems controlled by data bearing records

Mechanized store

235385, 177 1, 364466, G06K 1906

Patent

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049595300

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for providing price indication of articles selected for purchase prior to actual purchase embodies a system having a reader for reading article UPC indication and generating output signals indicative thereof, a comparator for receipt of the reader output signals and for providing at least first and second output signals upon respective determinations that such received signals are indicative of an article retailed by bulk weight pricing or an article retailed per piece pricing, a scale accessible to a customer for weighing the articles and generating output signals indicative of the weight thereof, a numeric entry unit accessible to a customer for entering the numbers of pieces of the selected articles and generating output signals indicative of such entered numbers, and a display accessible to the customer and responsive to the first and second comparator output signals respectively to provide indication to the customer for usage of the scale or the numeric entry unit. The system further includes units for article price computation and display thereof.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4373133 (1983-02-01), Clyne

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