Pos podium incorporating a short depth cash drawer
AssigneeAPG Cash Drawer
InventorsRobert Daugs, Mark Stulz, Duane Putnam
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Abstract
A short depth cash drawer including, a cash drawer and an opening device. The cash drawer includes an open top side, a till holding portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and an opening device interface region. The opening device opens the cash drawer when an input is received. The rear portion of the opening device does not extend beyond the rear portion of the cash drawer when the cash drawer is closed, and is located to one side of the cash drawer.
Claims27
A short depth cash drawer, comprising:
- a cash drawer having an open top side, a till holding portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and an opening device interface region, the opening device interface region being disposed to one side of the cash drawer;
- an opening device for opening the cash drawer having a rear portion being disposed between the front and the rear portions of the cash drawer;
- and
- at least one support configured to support the cash drawer when the cash drawer is opened, the at least one slider further attached to a portion of the housing.
A method of checking out a consumer using a cashier and a check stand, the check stand having a cashier facing side, a consumer facing side and a work surface therebetween, the work surface further having a scanner integrated into the surface, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a cash drawer generally above the work surface of the cash stand and generally inline with but not over the scanner;
- occupying a scanning position that is inline with the scanner and the cash drawer;
- scanning a product with the scanner while remaining in the scanning position;
- opening the cash drawer over the scanner;
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- accessing the contents of the cash drawer while remaining generally in the scanning position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.