Apparatus for inputting commodity data
AssigneeTokyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsYukuo Kurimoto, Nobuhiko Fujii, Mitunori Kohno, Takao Umebara
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Abstract
An apparatus for inputting commodity data including a bar code scanner having a reading window on a front surface thereof, a keyboard for inputting the commodity data which keyboard is supported at an upper portion of the bar code scanner, and a supporting member for rotatably supporting the bar code scanner in such a manner that the bar code scanner can be rotated about a horizontal pivotal axis. The bar code scanner can be rotated according to the kind of a commodity or the height of a cashier. Accordingly, a bar code of the commodity can be placed to a laser beam scanning area by the cashier in a natural posture, and can be read by the bar code scanner reliably and easily.
Claims7
An apparatus for inputting commodity data, comprising:
- a bar code scanner having a reading window on a front surface thereof from which a scanning beam is projected;
- a keyboard for inputting the commodity data, said keyboard being supported at an upper portion of said bar code scanner;
- and
- a frame comprising a shaft for rotatably supporting said bar code scanner in such a manner that said bar code scanner can be rotated about a horizontal pivotal axis;
- wherein:
- said bar code scanner is rotatable from a substantially vertical position in which the reading window of the bar code scanner is vertically positioned for projecting the scanning beam from the reading window in a first direction selected from a horizontal direction and a direction downward from the horizontal direction, to a downward inclined position in which the reading window of the bar code scanner faces downward for projecting the scanning beam from the reading window in a second direction downward from the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.