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US 2011/0253778 A1Published application
Self Checkout Stands
AssigneeRoyston Corporation
InventorsEric Kaplan, Michael S. Notheis, John Troeleman
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AssigneeRoyston Corporation
InventorsEric Kaplan, Michael S. Notheis, John Troeleman
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This invention discloses a new self-check-out stand capable of handling large orders. The check-out stand has a flat belt on which items that have been scanned can be placed. This belt abuts a declining belt, with both belts preferably each having abutting ends with upper corners in which a fixed non-rotating nose rod is located with the rod extending across the width of the belt, said rods hold the abutting ends tightly together with only a small crack between the belts. The check-out stand has two sets of unpowered transition rollers to turn the items at an obtuse angle to the conveyer belts. The stand has a declining set of rollers to bring the items to the proper height for the customer to bag. The accumulation area rises from front to back to slow the items being conveyed. A scanner module with a monitor and pay station can be placed at the front end of the stand.
A self-checkout stand for customers to scan items and pay for items being purchased and placed on the stand for accumulation and movement and for the customer to bag the items without assistance comprising a frame supporting the checkout stand, the stand having at least one flat belt on which items can be placed by the customer, with a declining belt after the flat belt, said declining belt having a left and right side and end, with a set or cassette of rollers on the left side at an obtuse angle to the declining belt, with ends that abut the end of the declining belt, with a set or cassette of transition rollers extending in line with the declining take-away belt on the right side of the declining belt with the ends of these transition rollers remote from the left side abutting the set or cassette of rollers at an obtuse angle to the declining take-way belt, with an abutting cassette or set of declining rollers adjacent to an accumulation area with a front and back, with the area rising in height from front to back to slow the speed at which the items move.
A self-checkout stand for customers to scan items and pay for items being purchased and placed on the stand for accumulation and movement and for the customer to bag the items without assistance comprising a frame supporting the checkout stand, the stand having a flat belt on which items can be placed by the customer, with a flat belt which also declines at the other end, said declining section having a left and right side and end, with a set or cassette of rollers at an obtuse angle to the declining belt, with ends that abut the end of the declining belt, with a set or cassette of transition rollers extending in line with the declining take-away belt on the right side of the declining belt with the ends of these transition rollers remote from the left side abutting the set or cassette of rollers at an obtuse angle to the declining take-way belt, with an abutting cassette or set of declining rollers adjacent to an accumulation area with a front and back, with the area rising in height from front to back to slow the speed at which the items move.
A conveyer with two conveying belts each have abutting ends with upper corners in which a fixed non-rotating nose rod in located with the rod extending across the width of the belt, said rods hold the abutting ends tightly together with only a small crack between the belts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.