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Abstract

Cash register for a cash office in a self-service store, with
A feed conveyor (2) running along a customer passage (1) for the goods to be billed,
- One at the end of the feed conveyor (2) arranged workplace (4) for the cashiers, in the gripping space a support surface (3) for the billable goods, to which at the side facing away from the feed conveyor (2) side at least two adjacent commodity cells ( 10, 11) which are accessible to the customer from outside the customer passage (1) located packing stations (12, 13),
- And with in the gripping space of the workstation (4) lying goods detection devices (5, 6, 7, 8) and payment means (9, 20) for payment, said payment means (9, 20) comprise self-service equipment, in addition to the cashiers for the Customers are accessible,
characterized,
in that the self-service devices (20) of the payment devices are arranged at a self-service terminal (18) and which m area of the goods cells (10, 11) for the at the packing stations ...

Description

• – einem entlang einer Kundepassage verlaufenden Zulaufförderer für die abzurechnenden Waren,
• – einem am Ende des Zulaufförderers angeordneten Arbeitsplatz für das Kassierpersonal, in dessen Greifraum eine Auflagenfläche für die abzurechnenden Waren liegt, an welche sich an der vom Zulaufförderer abgewandten Seite mindestens zwei nebeneinander liegende Warenzellen anschließen, die für den Kunden von außerhalb der Kundenpassage gelegenen Packplätzen her zugänglich sind,
• – sowie mit im Greifraum des Arbeitsplatzes liegenden Warenerfassungseinrichtungen und Zahlungseinrichtungen für den Zahlungsverkehr, wobei die Zahlungseinrichtungen Selbstbedienungsgeräte umfassen, die neben dem Kassierpersonal auch für die Kunden zugänglich sind.

The invention relates to a cash register for a cash office in a self-service store, with

• A feed conveyor running along a customer passage for the goods to be billed,
• - A arranged at the end of the feed conveyor workstation for the cashiers, in the gripping space is a support surface for the billed goods, which connect to the side facing away from the feed conveyor side at least two adjacent commodity cells, the forth for the customer from outside the customer passage packed locations ago are accessible,
• - And with located in the gripping area of the workplace goods detection devices and payment devices for payment transactions, the payment facilities include self-service devices that are accessible to the cashiers in addition to the customers.

Cash registers of the type mentioned must meet both the collection of the billed goods as well as in the settlement of payments with the customer ever higher demands and are therefore overloaded with all possible facilities. So in the gripping area of the workplace except the number plate and cash drawer for cash all sorts of display devices, monitors, input keyboards, touchscreens, scanners, electronic scales, theft surveillance with camera and monitor and self-service devices for cashless payments, such as card reader for payment Debit card or credit card, Fingerprint reader for payment with registered fingerprint, Signpads for payment with deposited signature or Mobilepads for payment by mobile phone. In the conventional cash registers of the specified type, the customer is in the payment transactions in the customer passage opposite the workstation of the cashiers and thus blocks the customer passage.

The resulting delays are proportionate when the payment process is handled by experienced cashiers with cash. However, delays always occur when untrained customers try to settle their bill with the above-mentioned self-service devices for cashless payment transactions. Here it comes again and again to disruptions in the process, which lead to displeasure among the waiting customers, especially at peak times.

It is therefore an object of the invention to develop the cash register of the type mentioned in such a way that even with the use of novel self-service devices for cashless payment flow disruption can be largely avoided.

To solve this problem, the invention proposes starting from a cash register of the type mentioned above, that the self-service devices of the payment devices are arranged on a self-service terminal, which is arranged accessible in the area of commodity cells for customers standing at the packing stations.

When cash desk according to the invention, the paying customer is no longer in the customer passage opposite the workstation of the cashiers, but at his goods cell associated packing station and can peacefully handle the Selbstbedienungszahlvorgang while the cashiers already busy with the next customer and its goods. In this way it becomes possible in particular to use the buffer capacity of the commodity cells in such a way that the customer throughput is accelerated. Another advantage is that for the cashiers, the insight into the customer passage is no longer affected by the self-service devices, so that the cashiers can pay attention to possibly unpaid goods passed through.

Suitably, the self-service terminal has a rotatable turntable on which the various self-service devices are arranged. This turntable can be advantageously rotated so that always the respectively desired device faces the packing station of the customer.

Furthermore, it is provided that the self-service terminal additionally has a number plate for the cash exchange. In this way, the self-service terminal can also be used for cash transactions.

Appropriately, the turntable is attached to the free end of a movable on all sides, mounted on the cash register swivel arm. Such a swivel arm makes it possible to use the turntable with the self-service devices arranged thereon at the customers standing at the packing station.

A particularly preferred embodiment of the cash register according to the invention has two side by side, directly adjacent to each other goods cells, the self-service terminal is located above a partition between these two goods cells. In this way, the self-service terminal is particularly well accessible for the customers standing at the two packing stations.

Furthermore, it is provided that the side walls of the commodity cells which are opposite the dividing wall are beveled in such a way that the gripping areas of the customers standing at the side boundaries are correspondingly enlarged in the direction of the self-service terminal. This allows customers to get even closer to the self-service terminal.

It is further provided that each goods cell has its own goods flow conveyor, for example in the form of a conveyor belt or a roller conveyor. These goods flow conveyors make it possible to optimally use the storage areas of the goods cells right up to the last corner.

The conveying directions of the two goods discharge conveyors are divergent at an acute angle in the direction of the customer's packing stations. In this way it is ensured that the goods discharge conveyors are also easy to reach from the workstation of the cashiers. The sizes of the commodity cells and the goods outlet conveyors are expediently coordinated so that the customer always has access to the product lying on the discharge conveyor.

The commodity cells expediently protrude above the body of the cash register stand, the body having a rounded base. This ensures that the customer can approach much closer to the cash desk and can lean over the commodity cell when accessing the goods lying in the commodity cell, without bumping with their feet to the lower edge of the body.

In order to make it easier for the customer to repack the goods from the goods cells into their pockets, the body or the goods cells are still assigned at least one bag rest.

To further expedite the process, the commodity cells have signaling devices which give an inhibit signal when the content of the commodity cell is not or not yet fully paid, and a release sign when the content of the commodity cell is fully paid for and can be withdrawn by the customer. When using such a signaling device and their meaningful combination with the POS software, the cashiers can already start with the registration and billing of the goods of the next customer, while the previous customer is still busy with the self-service payment.

Embodiments of the invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the drawing. Show it:

1 : Schematically a plan view of a cash register according to the invention;

2 : a perspective view too 1 ;

3 : a partial perspective view of the 1 and 2 seen from the packing stations.

In the drawing is a next to a customer passage 1 extending feed conveyor with the reference numeral 2 designated. The feed conveyor ends in the area of a bearing surface 3 for the billable goods to be registered, on the side remote from the customer passage, a workstation 4 arranged for the cashiers. The workplace 4 Opposite are along the support surface 3 arranged various goods detection devices, namely a monitor 5 , a keyboard 6 , a scanner 7 and a printer 8th , Under the support surface 3 the workplace 4 facing is still a pull-out cash drawer 9 for the cash taken.

The feed conveyor opposite to close to the work surface 3 two adjacent commodity cells 10 and 11 for the customers from outside the customer passage 1 located packing stations 12 and 13 are accessible.

The two commodity cells 10 and 11 are by a fixed partition 14 separated from each other and each with its own drain conveyor 15 respectively. 16 Mistake. The conveying directions of the two discharge conveyors 15 and 16 are at an acute angle to each other and diverge in the direction of the packing stations 12 and 13 ,

In the area of the partition 14 between the two commodity cells 10 and 11 is movable on all sides and possibly extendable a Schwenkbarm 17 attached, the one above the commodity cells 10 and 11 located self-service terminal 18 wearing.

This self-service terminal 18 has one at the free end of the pivot arm 17 rotatably mounted turntable 19 on which various self-service devices are arranged for cashless payment, z. As a card reading and / or a signpad and / or a Mobilepad and / or a fingerprinter. In addition, on the turntable 19 still a number plate for cash and / or a receipt printer be arranged.

The self-service terminal 18 is arranged so that it is both in the gripping space of the workplace 4 sitting cashiers as well as those at the packing stations 12 and 13 is available to our customers.

To improve the accessibility of the self-service terminal 18 and the commodity cells 10 and 11 are the dividing wall 14 opposite side walls of the commodity cells 10 and 11 bevelled trained. For the same purpose, the sizes of the commodity cells and the infeed conveyor are coordinated so that the at the packing stations 12 and 13 standing customers have access to the possibly on the drain conveyors 15 and 16 have lying goods.

Finally, the edges of the commodity cells stand 10 and 11 of the cash register over the corpus underneath 21 of the cash register before, so that customers, without having their feet on the corpus 21 to toast to the commodity cells 10 and 11 can approach. In addition, one obtains more freedom of design for the body by this measure 21 , which can be beautifully rounded. In order to make it easier for the customer to pack the purchased goods, the commodity cells 10 and 11 Finally, a pocket pad 22 be assigned.

In order to prevent the customers without Bezalung commodity from the commodity cells 10 and 11 If the contents of the commodity cell is not or not completely paid and give an enable signal when the contents of the commodity cell is fully paid and can be removed by the customer. This signaling device, which of course is controlled accordingly by the cash register software, is not shown in detail in the drawing.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

customers passage

2

feeder conveyors

3

bearing surface

4

Workplace (cashier)

5

monitor

6

Tastaur

7

scanner

8th

printer

9

cash drawer

10

goods cell

11

goods cell

12

Packing place (customer)

13

Packing place (customer)

14

partition wall

15

outfeed conveyor

16

outfeed conveyor

17

swivel arm

18

Self-service terminal

19

turntable

20

Self-service machines

21

corpus

22

pocket edition

Claims (12)

Cash register for a cash office in a self-service store, with - one along a customer passage ( 1 ) running feed conveyor ( 2 ) for the invoiced goods, - one at the end of the infeed conveyor ( 2 ) ( 4 ) for the cashiers, in whose gripping space a support surface ( 3 ) for the goods to be invoiced, to which at the of the feed conveyor ( 2 ) side facing away at least two adjacent commodity cells ( 10 . 11 ) for the customer from outside the customer passage ( 1 ) located packing stations ( 12 . 13 ) are accessible, - as well as in the gripping area of the workplace ( 4 ) ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) and payment facilities ( 9 . 20 ) for payment transactions, whereby the payment facilities ( 9 . 20 ) Self-service devices, which are accessible not only to the cashiers but also to the customers, characterized in that the self-service devices ( 20 ) of payment facilities at a self-service terminal ( 18 ) and which m range of commodity cells ( 10 . 11 ) for those at the packing stations ( 12 . 13 ) is available to customers. Cash desk according to claim 1, characterized in that the self-service terminal ( 18 ) a rotatable turntable ( 19 ) on which the various self-propulsion devices ( 20 ) are arranged. Cash desk according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the self-service terminal ( 18 ) additionally has a number plate for cash exchange and / or a receipt printer. Cash desk according to one of claims 2 or 3, characterized in that the turntable at the free end of a universally movably mounted on the cash register stand arm ( 17 ) is attached. Cash desk according to claim 1, characterized by two adjoining commodity cells, ( 10 . 12 ), whereby the self-service terminal ( 18 ) above a partition wall ( 14 ) between the two adjoining commodity cells ( 10 . 11 ) is arranged. Cash desk according to claim 5, characterized in that the partition ( 14 ) opposite side boundaries of the commodity cells ( 10 . 11 ) are beveled such that the gripping spaces at the packing stations ( 12 . 13 ) in the direction of the self-service terminal ( 18 ). Cash desk according to claim 6, characterized in that each commodity cell ( 10 . 11 ) with its own goods conveyor ( 15 . 16 ) is provided. Cash desk according to claim 7, characterized in that the conveying devices of the two goods discharge conveyors ( 15 . 16 ) at an acute angle in the direction of the packing stations ( 12 . 13 ) of customers diverge. Cash desk according to claim 8, characterized in that the sizes of the commodity cells ( 10 . 11 ) and the goods discharge conveyor ( 15 . 16 ) are coordinated so that the customer has access to the goods on the conveyor belts ( 15 . 16 ). Cash desk according to claim 1, characterized in that the commodity cells ( 10 . 11 ) over the body ( 21 ) of the cash stand, the body ( 21 ) has a rounded basic shape. Cash desk according to claim 10, characterized in that the packing stations ( 12 . 13 ) at least one bag rack ( 22 ) assigned. Cash desk according to one or more of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the commodity cells ( 10 . 11 ) Signal devices are assigned which give a blocking signal when the contents of the commodity cell ( 10 . 11 ) is not or not completely paid, and give a release signal when the contents of the commodity cell ( 10 . 11 ) is completely paid for and can be taken by the customer.

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