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Electronic cash register system for food dispensing business

  • US 4,396,985 A
  • Filed: 01/09/1981
  • Issued: 08/02/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronic cash register system for a food dispensing business, comprising:

  • an electronic cash register main body, and an order information entering unit, provided separately from said electronic cash register main body, for accepting and providing order information for ordered items having respective prices, said order information entering unit includingorder information entry means for entering said order information into said order information entering unit,storage means for storing said order information entered by said order information entry means, andoutput coupling means for coupling said order information entering unit to said electronic cash register main body, and for outputting said order information stored in said storage means; and

    said electronic cash register main body includinginput coupling means for coupling said electronic cash register main body to said order information entering unit, and for receiving said order information from said output coupling means of said order information entering unit,manual input command means for receiving manual inputs and initiating the transfer of said order information from said order information entering unit to said electronic cash register main body in response to at least one of said manual inputs,printing means responsive to said order information for printing out said order informationdetermining means, responsive to said manual input command means, for determining whether said output coupling means is coupled to said input coupling means, and for providing a detection signal indicating said output coupling means being coupled to said input coupling means, andcontrol means, responsive to said detection signal, for reading said order information stored in said storage means, and for providing said order information read from said storage means to said printing means for printing said order information.

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