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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5531293 | Checkout counter gap filler A checkout counter gap filler which allows liquids to pass through a gap between a checkout counter and an optical scanner, which is mounted within an aperture within the checkout counter, but prevents money and other unwanted debris from passing through ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5525786 | Multidirectional scan, platform purchase checkout system A purchase checkout system, adapted for use at a self-service store to expedite the checkout procedures, the system including a support platform having a receiving area and a packaging area at opposite distal ends thereof, and a scanning tunnel centrally ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5450926 | Checkout counter order divider including merchandise to be purchased A checkout counter order divider bar includes merchandise to be purchased and which is displayed through transparent walls of the divider bar. A customer signals an operator at the checkout counter orally or visually that he/she wants to buy the merchandi... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5195613 | Commodity data reader A commodity data reader comprises a bar-code scanner disposed near the edge of one of the longer sides of an elongated check-out counter on which baskets containing commodities are placed on the side of the operator with the scanning window thereof facing... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5191749 | Plastic bag dispensing apparatus for supermarkets incorporating devices for the registering of the purchased items Apparatus for self-service scanning, registering and bagging a product purchased in a supermarket. The apparatus comprises a unit (1) for dispensing and opening a single plastic bag from a continuous strip wound in a reel, a balance (2) for weighing the i... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5149947 | Portable checkout system A checkout system includes an optical scanning device removably mounted on the handles of oppositely positioned grocery carts to enable a operator to remove a purchased merchandise item from one of the carts and to move the item past the scanning device f... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4953664 | Ergonomically designed check-out counter system for supermarket and merchandising industries An ergonomically designed check-out counter system for supermarket and merchandising industries is characterized by provisions for differences in human heights, hand and position of operators and for ease in handling of merchandise to reduce fatigue and i... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4938317 | Check-out counter with stopping elements A check-out counter table has a commodity receiving wall which extends leftwardly and rightwardly of a vertical type bar code reader having a reading window formed in a front wall thereof. A stopper adapted to present a high contacting resistance is provi... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4912906 | Automatic bag system for supermarket check-out counter An automatic bag system for supermarket check-out counters is disclosed. An open top loading compartment is provided adjacent to the check-out clerk and a roll of plastic material is mounted to feed sheet plastic over the open top of the loading compartme... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4838383 | Apparatus for checking out purchases An apparatus for checking out purchases which includes a commodity counter with a commodity bearing surface which is flat and elongated leftward and rightward and a commodity reader portion provided on the aforesaid commodity counter in its center leaving... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4792018 | System for security processing of retailed articles A system for processing articles selected for purchase and bearing distinct identification codes comprises, in one version: (a) a code reader for generating an output signal indicative of such article identification code; (b) a conveyor for receipt and tr... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4692747 | Article security system A person desiring to check out articles protected by security tags deposits these articles at one end of a check-out aisle. From there, they are transported to the opposite end of the check-out aisle as part of the check-out procedure. The person who depo... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4583619 | Automatic gate for checkout lane A gate for a checkout lane is controlled by the cash register lock key. A cashier may insert the key to obtain access to the cash register and when the cash register is unlocked, the gate will automatically open allowing customers free egress from a check... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4583083 | Checkout station to reduce retail theft A checkout station dispossesses a shopper of items identified by the shopper for purchase, which items contain theft-prevention indicators, and then detects the presence of any of such items in the possession of the shopper after the shopper has been disp... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4548295 | Counter system A counter system comprising at least one counter and a plurality of shopping carts. The counter includes a cashier's section and a conveyor band for articles and assists in defining a passage for the carts to move past the cashier's section. The counter f... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4138000 | Checkout counter An elongate checkout counter having a flat counter top, front and rear sides, a left or upstream end and a right or downstream end is provided that is particularly adapted for use in combination with a counter related UPI System scanner, a cash register a... | 02/06/1979 |
