Collection box for point-of-sale printed matter
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsYurgis Mauro Bacallao, Amber Roehrs
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Abstract
A collection apparatus for organizing paper-based transaction items collected at a store checkout comprises a housing including a front section, rear section, left side, right side, top region, and bottom region; and an interior of the housing that is constructed and arranged into three regions. Each region includes a cavity; a removable container positioned in each cavity; three slot-shaped openings in the front section. Each slot-shaped opening is aligned with an opening in a removable container for providing a path for the paper-based transaction items to the removable container. A sensor in each cavity or container senses the paper-based transaction items received via a slot-shaped opening into the container.
Claims16
A collection apparatus for organizing paper-based transaction items collected at a store checkout, comprising:
- a housing including a front section, rear section, left side, right side, top region, and bottom region;
- an interior of the housing that is constructed and arranged into three regions, each region including a cavity, the interior including a plurality of horizontal guides coupled to and extending from the top region common to the three regions, and a plurality of vertical guides aligned along a common plane with the horizontal guides and extending from the rear section;
- a removable container positioned in each cavity;
- three slot-shaped openings in the front section, each slot-shaped opening aligned with an opening in a removable container for providing a path for the paper-based transaction items to the cavities defined by the vertical guides and the horizontal guides, and into which the removable containers are positioned;
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- a sensor in each cavity or container for sensing the paper-based transaction items received via a slot-shaped opening into the container.
A collection apparatus for organizing paper-based transaction items collected at a store checkout, comprising:
- a housing including a front section, rear section, left side, right side, top region, and bottom region;
- an interior of the housing that is constructed and arranged into three regions, each region including a cavity;
- a plurality of folding sections positioned over an interior of the housing in a closed state;
- a removable container positioned in each cavity, the containers exposed when the folding sections are in the open state;
- three slot-shaped openings in the top section, each slot-shaped opening positioned over and aligned with an opening in a removable container in the closed state for providing a path for the paper-based transaction items to the removable container;
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- a sensor in each cavity or container for sensing the paper-based transaction items received via a slot-shaped opening into the container.
A system for distinguishing types of paper matter at a checkout counter, comprises:
- a housing having three inputs each including a slot-shaped opening in which various types of paper matter are inserted;
- three containers, each of the three containers in communication with one of the three inputs;
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- a conveyance path for transporting the various types of paper matter from at least one of the three inputs to at least one of the three containers, each slot-shaped opening aligned with an opening in a corresponding container of the at least three containers for providing the conveyance path to the at least one container, wherein a first of the slot-shaped openings and a corresponding first removable container in a first cavity of the housing are configured for receiving only checks of the various types of paper matter, a second of the slot-shaped openings and a corresponding second removable container in a second cavity of the housing are configured for receiving only coupons of the various types of paper matter, and a third of the slot-shaped openings and a corresponding third removable container in a third cavity of the housing are each configured for receiving only other types of the various paper matter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.