Conveyor belt
AssigneeHabasit AG
InventorsFernand Habegger, Hans-Rudolf Gubler
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Abstract
A conveyor belt is provided with advertising indicia on a visible surface thereof. A film of transparent plastic covers the visible surface of the conveyor belt to protect the advertising indicia. The conveyor belt can be used in combination with a cashier's counter as a method of advertising to customers in a store.
Claims24
A conveyor belt adapted to transport articles placed thereon, comprising belt means for transporting articles thereon;
- advertising indicia, located on a visible surface of said belt means, whereby said conveyor belt is adapted for advertising purposes;
- and protective cover means for covering said visible surface of said belt means and for protecting said advertising indicia, said protective cover means being transparent, whereby said advertising indicia are visible through said protective cover means.
In combination, a cashier's counter;
- and a conveyor belt located adjacent said cashier's counter, said conveyor belt having belt means for transporting articles placed thereon and advertising indicia positioned on a visible surface of said belt means so as to be within the field of view of customers located at said cashier's counter.
A method of advertising using an endless conveyor belt located at a cashier's counter comprising the steps of providing a visible surface of the conveyor belt with advertising indicia such that the advertising indicia are within the field of view of customers located at the cashier's counter and rotating the conveyor belt, whereby the advertising indicia are repetitiously moved past customers located at the cashier's counter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.