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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7992768 | Cash register tray A cash register tray includes a base tray having a plurality of change compartments and a plurality of weight sensors, each weight sensor being configured to determine content weight of a respective change compartment. The cash register tray includes a processor in ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7383227 | Database for check risk decisions populated with check activity data from banks of first deposit A plurality of banks of first deposit provide checking account activity data for both transit items (checks received for deposit that need to be cleared) and incoming returns (bounced checks) to a statistical model which determines from the data the likelihood that ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7366681 | System, method, and computer program for managing storage distribution of money tills An automated management system for monitoring and controlling distribution and storage of money tills, and linking tracking of employee productivity to time in receipt of a till. The system comprises a cabinet, a control panel, and a personal computer. The cabinet i... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7273203 | Locking device support An accessory device mounting platform includes a substantially rigid frame and a substantially rigid mating tray that are slidably interconnected along a first direction, the frame and tray include a tongue-and-groove slide mechanism arranged therebetween for slidin... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272570 | System and methods for integrating a self-checkout system into an existing store system A self-checkout terminal system includes a self-checkout core application module for controlling a self-checkout terminal, the self-checkout core application module controlling peripheral input and output devices at the self-checkout terminal for receiving inputs fr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261385 | Protected cabinet A protected cabinet for cash or other valuables, designed to protect the cash or valuables from being robbed, the protected cabinet comprising: a housing, for receiving and housing two drawers, having a front opening through which one or both drawers simultaneously ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7243844 | Point of sale integrator The point of sale terminal includes a terminal housing with a controller portion and a cash drawer portion, a sliding sled coupled to the terminal housing residing within the controller portion of the terminal housing and between a first position and a second positi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240828 | Insect repelling point of sale terminal A point of sale terminal including a housing defining at least one interior location and at least one opening from the outside through which an insect can enter the at least one interior location, point of sale electronic circuitry located within the housing, at lea... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237711 | Apparatus configured for illuminating paper-based forms of payment and cash register comprising same An illumination device comprises a housing, a light source, a light transmissive support plate and a sensor. The light source is mounted within a cavity of the housing. The light transmissive support plate is engaged with the housing. The housing and the light sourc... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7131573 | Merchandise sales data processing apparatus A merchandise sales processing apparatus communicates with a money changer machine for automatically dispensing cash, acquires a sales figure in a transaction, acquires a differential amount in the money changer occurred in the transaction from the money changer, de... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7073707 | Method and computer program for building and replenishing cash drawers with coins from used coin containers A revenue balancing method and computer program that more quickly, accurately, and easily reconciles or balances revenue contained in cash drawers at the end of cashiers' shifts or breaks while at the same time building or constructing new cash drawers for new shift... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7004386 | Cash drawer A cash drawer comprises a casing, a drawer with a lock head and a connecting rod, a shift plate, a locking device, an opening device, a guiding device and a transmitting device, wherein the drawer is closed by being pushed rearward and opened by turning the lock hea... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000830 | Locking bolt work apparatus for automated banking machine A secure enclosure for an automated banking machine includes a chest portion and a moveable door. The door has mounted thereon a locking bolt work mechanism which is operable to secure the door in a closed position. The bolt work mechanism includes a drive cam that ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6981633 | Point of sales terminal, point of sales system, and method for managing cash-on hand information Cash received from a customer is placed by cashier into a change device, which is connected to a point of sales terminal. The change device counts an amount of cash by its type, and stores a counted amount into a memory unit. Further the change device stores an amou... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6978251 | POS registering system capable of changing a sales item to another sales item with simple operation A POS registering system is disclosed, that comprises a menu having a plurality of menu keys and at least one selection key, at least one sales item being assigned to each of the menu keys, each of the selection key being used to select one of sales items assigned t... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6929178 | Cash storage apparatus In a cash storage apparatus having plural drawers, operation of these drawers is improved. A first and a second drawer, one being stacked on other, are received in a body casing of the cash storage apparatus. The apparatus is provided with a cylinder-lock for lockin... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6924743 | Method and system for alerting customers in a shopping area An alert notification system for customers and sales personnel in a shopping area and a method of use is disclosed. In a first aspect, a system for alerting customers and sales personnel that merchandise has been left in a shopping area is disclosed. The system comp... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6896177 | Method and computer program for building and replenishing cash drawers with coins A revenue balancing method and computer program that more quickly, accurately, and easily reconciles or balances revenue contained in cash drawers at the end of cashiers' shifts or breaks while at the same time building or constructing new cash drawers for new shift... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6808327 | Removable printer unit A printer unit for facilitating maintenance such as repair/replacement of a printer paper winding mechanism and reducing a work time required for the maintenance. The printer unit is mounted removably on a device that requires the printer unit. It comprises a journa... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6801130 | Inventory management system The invention provides an improved inventory management and theft detection system whereby by a security tag is placed on an article for sale. The security tag is affixed to the article so that the article cannot be opened when the security tag is in place. A device... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6772941 | Revenue balancing method and computer program A revenue balancing method and computer program that more quickly, accurately, and easily reconciles or balances revenue contained in a first cash drawer while at the same time building or filling a second cash drawer. ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6739501 | Cash drawer controlling apparatus and a method of controlling cash drawers A cash drawer device includes a command receiving and outputting circuit for receiving a plurality of open commands and outputs the open commands, and a simultaneous open inhibiting circuit for inhibiting the command receiving and outputting circuit from simultaneou... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6736311 | Apparatus for handling banknotes The invention refers to a bank note handling apparatus comprising an input device with an integrated detector or bank note reader (8), such as a scanner, and a motor for inputting and outputting bank notes, a bank note seizing and conveying device (9) ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6719196 | Cashdrawer apparatus A banknote holder is installed to a cash casing in a cantilever fashion. Some banknotes are stored on the banknote holder while other banknotes are stored beneath the banknote holder. A banknote depressor of the banknote holder depresses the banknotes stacked on the... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6715670 | Interactive dispense denomination adjustment A system and method and programmed product interactively monitors the amount of cash present in a teller cash drawer while reducing the data input requirements of the teller. It allows a teller to comply with a consumers request for specific denominations while at t... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6687680 | Electronic cash register system Weight data of articles for sale is stored and a total weight is calculated every order. Measured weight of the prepared articles in a package is compared with the calculated total weight. If the measured weight substantially disagrees with the calculated... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6666373 | Electronic cash register An operator number acquiring code is set in the macro-key data with correspondence to a macro-key. If the macro-key is depressed and there is the operator number acquiring code, the operator (logged on) number is supplied to the following key decode proce... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6626354 | Cash-box system with sensor Cashbox arrangement, having a transportable cashbox (10) and a fixed base plate (20), to which the cashbox (10) can be locked, and having a bolt (30) in the interior of the cashbox (10) which can be unlocked only when the cashbox lid (18) is open. Arrange... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6490774 | Added coin compartments for current cash tills A method and apparatus for inexpensively retrofitting existing cash register tills with an insert comprising a coin cup holder designed to fit into an existing bill slot for stabilizing coin cups. The coin cup holder allows the coin cup to rest evenly wit... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6390361 | Cash drawer protection system having an emergency and an active cash drawer A method of protecting an active cash drawer from robbery comprising the following steps: housing the active cash drawer together with an emergency cash drawer in a housing having a frontal opening to accommodate the opening of a cash drawer; arranging fo... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6327575 | Point of sale terminal for the visually impaired A merchant's point of sale terminal system for processing credit and debit card and other electronic purchases for a vision impaired purchaser, incorporating a removable or auxiliary handset with a manual keypad disposed on an arched surface between sider... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6321987 | Bar code reading apparatus for reading plural code systems A demodulated data storage buffer is stored with bar width data sets obtained by scanning a coupon code with a scan optical system. A CPU first executes a demodulating process on these bar width data sets in accordance with a demodulation algorithm in a W... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6255947 | Theft detecting bag A tag disclosed in this invention detects theft of bills, notes, or securities positioned therewith in a cash register, a safe, or the like. The capability of a tag-detecting sensor is not affected by a conductive or magnetic auxiliary member disposed bet... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6250547 | Cash register having sawteeth shaped circular perforator A cash register including printing means for printing receipt information onto one area of a roll sheet and added-value information onto another area of the sheet; perforator means for rendering, as the sheet is fed, the printed area of the receipt inform... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6241149 | Multifunctional modular operator unit for commercial use A modular operator unit, in particular for a cash register, having a block which includes a display unit and/or at least one keypad and/or a swipe-through magnetic card reader and which has a cable duct extending through the block to peripheral devices at... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6193150 | Cable guide, drawer structure and terminal device A cable guide, drawer and terminal device are provided. The terminal device has a casing. The drawer is moveable between open and closed positions into and out of the casing, respectively. The drawer has a front and a body, the front having a lip extendin... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6168076 | Electronic cash register and price calculation method Unit items ordered by a customer are accepted. An automatic selection is given of unit items, from among the accepted unit items, which compose at least one of predetermined set-menu item combinations having respective predetermined discount prices. A pri... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6126340 | Printer A printer 80 integrally comprises a printing section 81 for printing on a recording medium such as a cut sheet S and continuous paper L2 based on printing data transmitted from an external host unit H, a control panel 70 containing an indicator section fo... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6116504 | Opening/closing mechanism for drawer member An opening/closing mechanism for a drawer member includes a stopper member for stopping movement of the drawer member, where the position of a stopper member is variable, in the direction of movement of the drawer member, so as to adjust the degree of ope... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6105858 | Inner case with lid of a cash box The present invention relates to an inner case with lid for a cash box, comprising: a casing, formed as a rectangular box, which is open on the upper side, with some insertion openings on the back side, a horizontal groove above the insertion holes, and a... | 08/22/2000 |
