Merchandise scanner for retail stores
AssigneeSiemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
InventorGunter Baitz
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Abstract
A merchandise scanner for retail stores includes a horizontal conveyor for transporting merchandise, a scanning window facing an area above the conveyor and an operator console with control elements positioned along side the conveyor and at right angles to the direction of merchandise transport, wherein the conveyor is vertically movable. The scanning window of a scanning device is also vertically movable, either together with or independently of the conveyor so that it can be adjusted in accordance with the size and weight of the merchandise as well as the position of bar codes on the merchandise.
Claims10
A merchandise scanner for retail stores, comprising:
- an essentially horizontal conveyor for transporting merchandise along a path past an operator station;
- a scanning window at the operator station facing an area above the conveyor;
- an operator console at the operator station with control elements positioned alongside the conveyor and at right angles to the path of merchandise transport,
- wherein the conveyor is vertically movable, and the conveyor, scanning window and operator console are substantially vertically aligned at the operator station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.