Transparent rolling platform for item scanning tunnel

An item scan device including an item scanning tunnel, the item scan device comprising:

• a first conveyor belt moving an item into the item scanning tunnel;
• a set of sensor devices attached to an interior surface of the item scanning tunnel, the set of sensor devices comprising a scanner device;
• a transparent conveyor belt on a same horizontal plane as the first conveyor belt and moving at a same speed as the first conveyor belt, the transparent conveyor belt comprising a continuous transparent band of flexible material rotating about a set of rollers;
• the scanner device comprising a first side connected to a first side member of the item scanning tunnel and a main body of the scanner device extending between the set of rollers, the scanner device positioned below an upper portion of the continuous transparent band and above a lower portion of the continuous transparent band, the scanner device generating sensor data associated with an item identifier on a surface of the item in contact with an exterior surface of the upper portion of the continuous transparent band;
• the transparent conveyor belt moving the item toward an exit portal of the item scanning tunnel onto a second conveyor belt on the same horizontal plane as the transparent conveyor belt;
• a sweeper device comprising an attachment point on a first end of an extension arm connected to a portion of the interior surface of the item scanning tunnel;
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• a sweeper head connected to a second end of the extension arm, the extension arm extends the sweeper head downward behind the item and sweeps the item onto the second conveyor belt on condition the item becomes lodged in a gap between the transparent conveyor belt.

A transparent rolling scan platform within an item scanning tunnel, the transparent rolling scan platform comprising:

• the item scanning tunnel comprising a first side member, a second side member, a top member, and a rolling transparent scan platform;
• the rolling transparent scan platform comprising a set of transparent segments, a first segment in the set of transparent segments comprising a first side attached to a second segment and a second side of the first segment attached to a third segment, the set of transparent segments comprising a continuous transparent band rotating about a set of rollers;
• a scanner device positioned below the rolling transparent scan platform, the scanner device scanning an item identifier on a surface of an item in contact with the rolling transparent scan platform through a subset of transparent segments within the set of transparent segments;
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• the rolling transparent scan platform moving the item toward an exit point of the item scanning tunnel onto a conveyor belt on a same horizontal plane as the rolling transparent scan platform.