Arrangement for and method of cleaning a platter of a product checkout workstation

A checkout bi-optical workstation, comprising:

• a generally planar, rectangular platter having four corner regions;
• a generally horizontal window integrated with the platter and lying in a generally horizontal plane;
• an upright window located in a generally upright plane that intersects the generally horizontal plane;
• a data capture arrangement for capturing through at least one of the windows a target associated with a product to identify the product being checked out at the workstation;
• and
• a support structure for supporting the platter in the generally horizontal plane on a plurality of bottom supports during product checkout, the bottom supports being asymmetrically mutually arranged about a periphery of the platter to enable the platter to tilt to a tilted plane that is inclined relative to the horizontal plane when a downward force is exerted on one of the corner regions of the platter for cleaning the horizontal window.

A method of cleaning a window integrated with a generally planar platter of a product checkout workstation, the method comprising:

• supporting the platter in a generally horizontal plane on a plurality of bottom supports during product checkout;
• asymmetrically mutually arranging the bottom supports about a periphery of the platter;
• and
• exerting a downward force on a contact region of the platter to enable the platter to tilt to a tilted plane that is inclined relative to the horizontal plane.