Point of sale device
First Claim
1. A point of sale device comprising:
- a base unit having a front surface and at least one transaction appliance accessible from said front surface;
a cover unit having a display screen and being connected to said base unit by a hinge mechanism interposed between said base unit and said cover unit such that said cover unit can be moved between a closed configuration, in which said cover unit is positioned with said display screen facing, and directly in front of, said front surface of said base unit such that said screen is not visible and access to at least one said transaction appliance is blocked by said cover unit, and an open configuration, in which said cover unit is positioned to allow access to said transaction appliance and said display screen is visible;
a control unit located in one of said base unit and said cover unit and controlling said display screen and various operational states of said device;
an input unit located on one of said base unit and said cover unit for supplying input signals to said control unit.
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Abstract
A point of sale device (20) is provided comprising a base unit (22) and a cover unit (34) connected to one another by a hinge mechanism (38). The base unit has a front surface (24) and an exterior casing (25) which define an interior volume. Transaction appliances, for example, a card reader (26), receivables storage drawer (28), a currency storage drawer (30), and a bar code scanner (32), are mounted in the interior volume and accessible from the front surface of the base unit. The cover unit includes a display screen (36) mounted on one side. The cover unit can be moved between a closed configuration and an open configuration. In the closed configuration, the cover unit is positioned with the display screen facing and directly in front of the front surface of the base unit such that the display screen is not visible and access to the transaction appliances in the base unit is blocked by the cover unit. In the open configuration, the user can access the display screen and the transaction appliances. A control unit (40) and input unit are provided to facilitate communications between the user and the POS device to facilitate the performance of desired transactions. The device can operate on internal batteries (64) to allow portable operation.
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92 Claims
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1. A point of sale device comprising:
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a base unit having a front surface and at least one transaction appliance accessible from said front surface; a cover unit having a display screen and being connected to said base unit by a hinge mechanism interposed between said base unit and said cover unit such that said cover unit can be moved between a closed configuration, in which said cover unit is positioned with said display screen facing, and directly in front of, said front surface of said base unit such that said screen is not visible and access to at least one said transaction appliance is blocked by said cover unit, and an open configuration, in which said cover unit is positioned to allow access to said transaction appliance and said display screen is visible; a control unit located in one of said base unit and said cover unit and controlling said display screen and various operational states of said device; an input unit located on one of said base unit and said cover unit for supplying input signals to said control unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A point of sale device comprising:
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a cover unit having a display screen being mounted on one side thereof, a printer unit being mounted on an opposite side thereof, a control unit being located therein and controlling said display screen, said printer unit, and various operational states of said device, and a touch screen input unit being mounted over said display screen for supplying input signals to said control unit; a base unit having a front surface and being connected to said cover unit by a hinge mechanism interposed between said cover unit and said base unit such that said cover unit can be moved between a closed configuration, in which said cover unit is positioned with said display screen facing, and directly in front of, said front surface of said base unit such that said screen is not visible and access to said front surface of said base unit is blocked by said cover unit, and an open configuration, in which said cover unit is positioned to allow access to said front surface of said base unit and said display screen is visible; a card reader mounted in the front surface of said base unit and operatively connected to said control unit, said card reader being capable of reading magnetic stripes on credit cards and debit cards and also capable of interacting with smart cards containing electronic memory devices; a receivables drawer slidably mounted in said front surface of said base unit and movable between an open position and a closed position, said receivables drawer comprising at least one compartment for storage of transaction receivables; a currency drawer slidably mounted in said front surface of said base unit and movable between an open position and a closed position, said currency drawer comprising a plurality of dispenser units for storing and manually dispensing currency of various denominations and other laminar objects; an optical bar code scanner operatively connected to said control unit, said scanner being capable of reading printed bar codes; a latch mechanism for locking each of said receivables drawer and said currency drawer in said closed position when each said drawer is moved into said closed position, and for unlocking said drawer upon signal from said control unit; a locking mechanism for locking said cover unit in said closed configuration; wherein said device can be powered entirely by internal batteries and said device can also be powered by external electric power supplied through a connector port located on an outside surface of said device. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92)
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