Weighing device for the point-of-sale of a retail outlet
First Claim
1. An electronic checkout system for weighing and scanning articles including in combination:
- a support cradle having a first side and a spaced-apart, opposite second side;
a scanner disposed on said support cradle adjacent said first side;
an electronic circuit, including means for determining the price of articles being weighed, disposed on said support cradle adjacent said second side;
a single weighing cell secured to said support cradle between said scanner and said electronic circuit, said single weighing cell being disposed closer to said second side than said first side and providing an output to said electronic circuit; and
a rigid subplatter, having an aperture formed therethrough, supported solely on said single weighing cell and extending toward said first side such that said aperture overlies said scanner.
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Abstract
In a weighing device for the point-of-sale of a retail outlet with a reading device installed therein, the following measures are taken: Only a single weighing cell in the form of a bending bar is provided and as far as possible is disposed laterally offset in a stationary manner on the scales stand. The support for a load plate of the weighing device is designed to be intrinsically rigid and in the vicinity of its one edge is rigidly connected to the bending bar such that a window provided in the load plate and in the support is held cantilevered over the scales stand. On the scales stand the reading device lies on the one side and an electronic evaluation circuit lies on the other side of the bending bar. The electronic evaluation circuit with microcomputer and analog-to-digital converter carries out an automatic weight determination and price calculation of the weighed article.
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1. An electronic checkout system for weighing and scanning articles including in combination:
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a support cradle having a first side and a spaced-apart, opposite second side; a scanner disposed on said support cradle adjacent said first side; an electronic circuit, including means for determining the price of articles being weighed, disposed on said support cradle adjacent said second side; a single weighing cell secured to said support cradle between said scanner and said electronic circuit, said single weighing cell being disposed closer to said second side than said first side and providing an output to said electronic circuit; and a rigid subplatter, having an aperture formed therethrough, supported solely on said single weighing cell and extending toward said first side such that said aperture overlies said scanner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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