Apparatus for reading commodity data having an adjustable bar code reader

• US 4,988,851 A
• Filed: 09/22/1988
• Issued: 01/29/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tokyo Electric Co.
• Original Assignee: Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kohno, Mitsunori, Fujii, Nobuhiko, Akita, Hiromasa, Umebara, Takao, Kurimoto, Yukuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Levy, Stuart S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Weinhardt, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US07/247,643
• Time in Patent Office: 859 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/383, 235/439, 235/462, 235/472, 186/59, 186/61, 186/62, 297/330, 364/405
• US Class Current: 186/61
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 9/046 Arrangement of recording means in or on check-out counters record carriers or readers per se G06K
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10871 randomly oriented data-fields, code-marks therefore, e.g. concentric circles-code

Abstract

An apparatus for reading commodity data is disclosed which comprises a support member and a reader formed of a reader body and a reading window provided on one face of the reader body, in which the reader is attached to the support member for ascending and descending movement. The height of the reading window can thus be adjusted according to the stature of the operator enabling the operator to perform a tireless reading operation.

Claims

1. An apparatus for reading commodity data comprising:

a support member comprising first and second opposing vertically extending members;

first and second elevating members slidably positioned, for vertical upward and downward movement, within apertures in each of said first and second vertically extending members;

a bar code reader defining a reader body and having a reading window provided on one face of said reader body, said bar code reader being rotationally mounted between said first and second elevating members;

a keyboard mounted on top of said first and second elevating members;

first fastening means for adjusting the rotational position of said bar code reader, said first fastening means being located on at least one of said first and second elevating members; and

second fastening means for adjusting the vertical positioning of said first and second elevating members and thereby said bar code reader and said keyboard attached thereto, said second fastening means being located on at least one of said first and second vertically extending members;

wherein said bar code reader is adjustable to a plurality of rotational and vertical positions, and said keyboard is adjustable to a plurality of vertical positions.

2. An apparatus for reading commodity data comprising:

a frame-like support member comprising at least two vertically extending members;

a connecting member which is slidably positioned within openings in each of said at least two vertically extending members of said support member;

a bar code reader rotationally mounted on said connecting member;

a keyboard rotationally mounted on op of said connecting member;

first means for rotationally adjusting the rotational position of said bar code reader;

second means, independent of said first means, for rotationally adjusting the rotational position of said keyboard; and

third means for adjusting a vertical position of said frame-like support member;

wherein said bar code reader and said keyboard are adjustable to a plurality of vertical positions via said third means, and are independently adjustable to a plurality of rotational positions via said first and second means.

3. An apparatus for reading commodity data according to claim 2, further comprising a display means mounted on said connecting member and located vertically below said bar code reader, said display means comprising means for adjusting its elevation angle.

4. An apparatus for reading commodity data according to claim 2, wherein said third means for adjusting the vertical position of said frame-like support member is driven by a drive source, said drive source comprising a pedal and being located under a sacker table.