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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204346 | Self checkout system with automated transportation conveyor A system and method for transporting items along a conveyor for a checkout system may include starting a conveyor in a transporting direction upon an item being placed in proximity to a start sensor, transporting the item beyond the start sensor and stopping the con... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7114611 | Methods and apparatus for improved self-checkout system A conveyor system for a self-checkout apparatus including a first side support rail having an inner side and an outer side and a second side support rail spaced apart from said first side support rail and positioned parallel thereto, where the second side support ra... | 10/03/2006 |
| 5529163 | Collection, storage and dispensing system and vertical lift for shopping carts A collection, storage and dispensing system (10 or 30) for shopping carts (E) including an elongated tubular conduit sized to allow a shopping cart (E) to rollably pass therethrough. The conduit includes a novel upright or a sloped first end section (38 o... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5360094 | Collection, storage and dispensing system for shopping carts A collection, storage and dispensing system for shopping carts including an elongated tubular conduit sized to allow a shopping cart to rollably pass therethrough. The conduit includes a sloped first end section defining an entrance opening through which ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5168961 | Supermarket with self-service checkout The present invention describes the incorporation of self-serve checkout systems within a supermarket. The installation of self-serve checkout systems is shown whereby the productivity of the supermarket is maintained, no significantly increased floorspac... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5026975 | Bar code laser scanner arrangement for a cashier stand The invention provides an arrangement for scanning bar codes applied to articles, such as UPC or EAN codes of goods in a supermarket cashier stand. A laser scanner is provided with a window through which the scanning rays exit before they impinge on a sca... | 06/25/1991 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4114727 | Supermarket counter construction and method of using same A supermarket counter construction to expedite movement through supermarket checkouts by permitting two lines of customers to follow simultaneously past a single cashier. The construction contemplates automatic apparatus under the control of the customer ... | 09/19/1978 |
