EP0579004B1
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Checkout apparatus
Assignee: Toshiba TEC Corp
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Filing: 1991-03-14
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Granted: 1998-06-17
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Expires: 2011-03-14
Abstract
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Inventors
- 👤 Haruo Sakurai
- 👤 Kazuo Yamamoto
- 👤 Mitunori Kono
- 👤 Hideo Tanaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 04:03
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F17/00; A; A47; A47F; A47F9/00; A47F9/02; A47F9/04; G07; G07G; G07G1/00; G07G1/0036; G07G1/0045; G07G1/0054
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
256 words
A checkout apparatus comprising: first and second checkout lanes (2A, 2B) each having reading
means (10A, 10B) operated by customers, for reading article codes
of articles to be purchased by the customers, conveyor means (21A,
31A, 41A, 51A; 21B, 31B, 41B, 51B) for conveying articles whose
article codes have been read by said reading means (10A, 10B), and
table means for stocking the articles conveyed by said conveyor
means (21A, 31A, 41A, 51A; 21B, 31B, 41B, 51B); a single settlement means (70) disposed between said first
and second checkout lanes (2A, 2B) and spaced from said reading
means (10A, 10B) in a downstream direction of said conveyor means
(21A, 31A, 41A, 51A; 21B, 31B, 41B, 51B), for commonly performing
a first settlement process on the article codes read by the
reading means (10A) of said first checkout lane (2A) and a second
settlement process on the article codes read by the reading means
(10B) of said second checkout lane (2B); and a space sized to accommodate a cashier therein, and defined
between said first and second checkout lanes (2A, 2B) adjacent
said single settlement means (70) such that an operator can
perform a settlement operation on articles transported thereto by
the conveyor means (21A, 31A, 41A, 51A; 21B, 31B, 41B, 51B) in
both of said first and second checkout lanes (2A, 2B); wherein the orientation of said single settlement means (70) is
determined such that the reading means (10A, 10B) in said first
and second checkout lanes (2A, 2B) are both simultaneously
observable from the space.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
23 words
A checkout apparatus according to claim 1, characterized
in that said first and second checkout lanes (2A, 2B) are parallel
to each other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
97 words
A checkout apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized
in that said settlement means is a cash register (70) having
keyboard means (91) for entering various commands and data, drawer
means (93) for receiving cash, and control means (71, 72, 73, 74,
75, 77) for controlling said keyboard means (91) and said drawer
means (93), and at least one of said keyboard means (91), said
drawer means (93), and said control means (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77)
is commonly used for said settlement operation on articles in said
first and second checkout lanes (2A, 2B).
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