JP2992371B2 - Checkout counter body support device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a body holding device for a checkout counter such as a chair or a backrest plate for reducing the burden on an operator.

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2. Description of the Related Art At present, in order to improve work efficiency, a checkout counter or the like in which an electronic cash register, a barcode scanner, or the like is incorporated in a slender soccer table is used for sales. Here, with such a checkout counter, there is a demand for reducing the work load of an operator who is located in front of a soccer table and sequentially registers products brought by customers. For example, an existing chair can be placed near the operation unit of the existing checkout counter so that sales operations can be performed in a sitting position, or an existing checkout can be leaned during registration work in a standing position. For example, an out counter is installed near a wall. However, the chair placed in front of the checkout counter impairs the workability of the operator during registration work in a standing posture, and when the checkout counter is installed near the wall, the chair for sitting is placed. It is difficult to secure a space for placing. Means for solving such a problem is disclosed by the present applicant in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H2-220611.

Therefore, this device will be described as a first conventional example with reference to FIG. First, the checkout counter 1 has a structure in which a table-shaped soccer table 2 and a register unit 3 formed in a frame shape surrounding the soccer table 2 are combined. The register unit 3 is provided with a folding chair 5 on the inner surface of a support column 4 erected in front of an operator (not shown).
It has a structure in which functional parts such as a drawer 7, a flat keyboard 8, and a barcode scanner 9 are provided on a column 6 standing upright (not shown).

[0004] In such a configuration, the checkout counter 1 is designed so that the operator can carry out sales work alone, and the operator can use the commodity basket (shown in FIG. 1) placed on the soccer table 2 by the customer. ), And the registration process of the product information is performed by the operation input of the flat keyboard 8 or the reading scan of the barcode scanner 9.

[0005] In this checkout counter 1, the operator can reduce the work load in the standing posture by using the column 4 of the register unit 3 as a backrest. Further, in the checkout counter 1, the operator can pull out the chair 5 of the register unit 3 and sit down, so that the registration work can be performed in a sitting posture with a reduced work load.

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In the above-described checkout counter 1, an operator located in the frame-type register unit 3 can reduce the work load by setting the support 4 to the backrest or sitting on the chair 5. Has become.

However, in the checkout counter 1 described above, the mechanisms 4 and 5 described above are replaced with various operating mechanisms 7 to
Since it is formed in the frame-shaped register unit 3 provided with 9, the structure is complicated and the device is enlarged. It is desired to add a mechanism for reducing the operator's work load to the existing checkout counter as described above, but such a function cannot be implemented by the above-described checkout counter 1.

Further, in the above-described checkout counter 1, since the distance between the column 4 or the chair 5 and the operating mechanisms 7 to 9 is fixed, the distance cannot be changed as desired by the operator. For example, a checkout counter has been proposed in which a chair is supported by a link mechanism so that the chair can be displaced in the front-rear direction. However, in such a link mechanism, when the chair is moved back and forth, the height and angle of the seat surface change. Therefore, there is a concern that the link mechanism opened at the foot of the chair may hinder the workability of the operator.

In such a checkout counter, it has been proposed to provide a footrest as a footrest member below a rear surface of the checkout counter located in front of the chair. In this case, the chair is moved back and forth. And the relative position of the footrest changes, which is not preferable.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A base is formed in the vicinity of the operation unit of the checkout counter, and a rotating mechanism having a substantially horizontal axis is provided at the upper end of a support member erected on the base. A rotatable plate-shaped body holding portion having a body holding surface formed on at least one of the body holding portions is positioned and held at a substantially horizontal seating position and a substantially vertical backrest position. A holding mechanism to perform the body holding
The body holding part whose surface is positioned and held at the backrest position
A seating member was detachably mounted near the lower part of the .

[0011] The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1.
In the light, the footrest that is held horizontally
To be rotatable.

[0012] The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1.
In the light, each is rotatably supported by a rotating mechanism and the back
The body holding surfaces positioned and held at the leaning position face each other
Two body holders were juxtaposed on one support member.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, a rotation mechanism is provided at the upper end of a support member erected on a base located near the operation section of the checkout counter, and the rotation mechanism is rotatable. The holding mechanism positions and holds the body holding surface of the supported body holding unit at a substantially horizontal seating position and a substantially vertical backrest position, so that the cashier can sit back on the body holding surface or rest the body holding surface. You can carry out sales operations in a standing posture, and the body holding surface is
Detachable near the lower part of the body holding part that is positioned and held in position
By providing a seating member that can be mounted freely,
Use the body support as a backrest while sitting on the material
Can be.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the position is held horizontally.
That can be pivoted vertically.
With the base standing close to the checkout counter
Footrest member and body holding part are attached together to the installed support member
The body holding part and the footrest that move horizontally
The relative position does not change, and the footrest
Causes the footrest to collide with the legs of the cashier
Can be prevented.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, each of the rotary mechanisms is rotated by a rotating mechanism.
Movably pivoted and positioned and held at the backrest position
One support for two body-holding parts with opposite body-holding surfaces
By arranging them on the members, the two body holders
It can be used as a backrest by a
The cashier is seated on one body support and
The holding part can be used as a backrest.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 1, a counter chair 10 which is a body holding device is provided on an elongated soccer table 11 with an electronic cash register 1 as an operation unit.
2 and a bar code scanner 13 or the like. Here, in this counter chair 10, the front edge of a flat rail 16 to which a flat box-shaped base 15 is slidably attached is bent in a crank shape,
A fixing bolt 18 inserted through two position holding holes 17 formed on both sides is fastened to the rear of the bottom of the checkout counter 14. Further, this counter chair 10 is provided with fixing pins 19 in one of the position holding holes 19 formed on both sides of the base 15 and one of a large number of position holding holes 20 formed continuously on both sides of the rail 16. 21 is inserted. Then, by the members 15 to 21,
An attachment / detachment mechanism for detachably connecting the counter chair 10 to the checkout counter 14 is formed, and the counter chair 10 is moved toward and away from the checkout counter 14 by the members 15, 16, 19 to 21. A front-rear mechanism for freely positioning and holding is formed.

In this counter chair 10, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a columnar support member 22 erected at the center of the upper surface of the base 15 has a structure in which a thin pipe 24 is slidably incorporated in a thick pipe 23 fixed to the base 15. A turret bolt 27 is fastened to one bolt hole 25 formed in the pipe 23 and one of a large number of position holding holes 26 continuously formed in the thin pipe 24. Here, the support member 2
A footrest 28, which is a lattice-like footrest member, is attached to the lower part of the pipe 23 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction.
9 so as to be held horizontally. Further, between both ends of a frame member 30 which is a U-shaped rotating mechanism rotatably supported in the horizontal direction on the upper end of the pipe 24 of the support member 22, a body holding surface 31,
A cushion 33, which is a flat body holding portion formed with a support 32, is rotatably supported on the cushion 33.
Are formed by the members 22 to 27 for vertically supporting and positioning and supporting slidably in the vertical direction.

In this counter chair 10, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of position holding holes 3 are provided in a semicircular holding plate 34 protruding from both sides of the center of the cushion 33.
5 and one position regulating long groove 36 are continuously formed, and one bolt hole 38 is formed in a support plate 37 projecting rearward at both ends of the frame member 30. When the fixing bolt 39 fastened to the bolt hole 38 of the frame member 30 is inserted into one of the position holding holes 35 of the cushion 33, the cushion 33 is attached to the body holding surfaces 31, 32.
Are fixedly positioned and held in sequence at various angles including horizontal, and the bolt holes 3 of the frame member 30 are fixed.
8 is inserted into the position regulating long groove 36 of the cushion 33, whereby the cushion 33 is positioned and held so that the body holding surfaces 31, 32 can swing freely within a predetermined angle including the vertical. It has become so.
Therefore, in the counter chair 10, a holding mechanism for positioning and holding the body holding surfaces 31, 32 of the cushion 33 at a substantially horizontal sitting position and a substantially vertical backrest position is formed by the members 34 to 39, and Cushion 3
3 is a tilting mechanism for positioning and holding the body holding surfaces 31, 32 so as to be swingable at the backrest position.
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In such a configuration, the counter chair 10 includes various members 15 to 2 as illustrated in FIG.
Ready-made checkout counter 1 with detachable mechanism consisting of 1
4 and is not designed for a dedicated checkout counter, so that the versatility is good.

In the counter chair 10, as shown in FIG. 2A, the body holding surface 31 of the cushion 33 is fixed substantially horizontally by a holding mechanism including various members 34, 35, and 37 to 39. By arranging the cashier at a low position by the up-and-down mechanism including various members 22 to 27, the cashier can execute a sales operation in a sitting posture seated on the body holding surface 31 of the cushion 33. In addition, in the counter chair 10, as shown in FIG. 2B, the body holding surface 31 of the cushion 33 is connected to various members 34, 36 to
By holding the tilter 39 substantially vertically and arranging it at a high position by a vertical mechanism consisting of various members 22 to 27, the cashier can be used as the body holding surface 31 of the cushion 33.
Sales operations can be performed in a standing posture with the backrest. By doing so, in this counter chair 10, if desired, a standing posture in which the cushion 33 is a backrest and a sitting posture in which the cushion 33 is a chair can be easily selected, so that the work load of the cashier can be reduced and the efficiency can be improved. Can be.

In this counter chair 10, the body holding surface 31 of the cushion 33 can be positioned at a plurality of substantially horizontal angles by the plurality of position holding holes 35 formed in the holding plate 34. Since the body holding surface 31 of the cushion 33 positioned substantially vertically by the position regulating long groove 36 formed in the plate 34 swings, it is possible to cope with various working postures desired by the cashier.

Further, in the counter chair 10, when the selling operation is performed in the above-described sitting posture, the cushion 33 and the like are separated from the checkout counter 14 by the front-rear mechanism including the various members 15, 16, 19 to 21. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the legs of the cashier from colliding with the checkout counter 14, and even in this state, the footrest 28 is held by the position of the support board 29 so that the cushion 3
By protruding below 3, the cashier can put his foot on the footrest 28 to reduce fatigue.
That is, in the counter chair 10, both the cushion 33 to be seated and the footrest 28 to hang the feet are mounted on the support member 22, and the checkout counter 1
Even if the cushion 33 is moved back and forth with respect to 4, the relative position with respect to the footrest 28 does not change, so that the footrest 28 can always be used favorably without a complicated adjustment operation.

In the counter chair 10, when the selling operation is performed in the above-described standing posture, the cushion 33 and the like are brought close to the checkout counter 14 by the front-rear mechanism including various members 15, 16, 19 to 21. By doing so, the cashier can reduce the forward and backward movement between the state in which the cushion 33 is used as a backrest and the state in which the selling operation is performed at the checkout counter 14, and in this state, the footrest 28 is rotated upward. By retracting from below the cushion 33, the footrest 28
Can be prevented from colliding with the legs of the cashier.

In the counter chair 10, the adjustment of the position of the cushion 33 and the use of the footrest 28 by the front-rear mechanism and the vertical mechanism can be changed according to the demands of the cashier. The adjustment can be performed, for example, not using the footrest 28 in the sitting posture, or switching between the sitting posture and the standing posture without adjusting the height.

Further, in this counter chair 10, as shown in FIG. 4, position holding holes 40 are formed on both lower sides of the frame member 30, and the position holding holes are formed in a support plate 41 projecting rearward. A cushion 43, which is a seating member separately formed as an option or the like, has bolt holes 44 formed on both sides of a rear portion thereof, and a support plate 45 protruding below the bolt hole is also formed on the cushion 43. Hole 46
Are formed. Therefore, in the counter chair 10, the cushion 43 is fixed to the lower part of the cushion 33 in which the body holding surface 31 is positioned and held at the backrest position.
By fixing at 7, the cushion 33 can be seated on the cushion 43 as a backrest. In other words, in this counter chair 10, if desired, the cashier can execute the sales work while sitting on the chair with the backrest composed of the cushions 33 and 43, so that the work load can be reduced favorably.

Further, in the counter chair 10 of this embodiment, it is assumed that the base 15 and the rail 16 have the same width to ensure good strength, but the present invention is not limited to the above structure. Instead, as illustrated in FIG.
The position holding portion 49 engaging with the thin rail 48 is attached to the base 50.
Counter chair 5 which is a body support device protruding from the front of
1 or the like is also feasible. In this case, since both sides of the rail 48 are open, the counter chair 10 can be installed even if a protrusion such as a pipe exists on the floor.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the counter chair 52, which is a body holding device, a cushion 54, which is a body holding portion, is rotatably supported at a lower edge portion in a frame member 53, which is a vertically extending rotating mechanism, and is rotatably supported at an upper portion. A cushion 55 as a backrest member is fixed, and the body holding surfaces 56, 57 of the cushion 54 held at the backrest position communicate with the body holding surfaces 58, 59 of the cushion 55. The other structure is the same as the counter chair 10 described above.

In such a configuration, in the counter chair 52, as shown in FIG. 9A, the cushion 55 is rotated forward to position the body holding surface 57 at the seating position, thereby providing the cushion 54. Can be seated on the cushion 33 as a backrest. further,
In this counter chair 52, as illustrated in FIG.
Is connected to the body holding surface 55 of the cushion 54, so that these cushions 33 and 54 can be used as an integrated backrest. That is, in this counter chair 52, the cashier can be used as the cushion 3 if desired.
The sales work can be executed in a state of being seated on a chair with a backrest composed of the backrests 3 and 54, and the cushions 33 and 54 can be easily changed to the backrests. Thus, the work load can be favorably reduced.

Further, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the counter chair 60 as this body holding device, the cushions 65 and 66 as two body holding portions each having body holding surfaces 61 to 64 formed on both sides,
They are juxtaposed in a frame member 67 that is a rotating mechanism that is wide in the front-rear direction. Here, the cushions 65 and 66, which are rotatably supported at the lower edges of the frame members 67, respectively, serve as the seating surfaces when held in the backrest position.
2, 63 are opposed to each other.

In such a configuration, the counter chair 60 is arranged, for example, between two opposed check-out counters (not shown) and is used simultaneously by two cashiers. I have. in this case,
As illustrated in FIG. 9A, by positioning and holding both the cushions 65 and 66 at the backrest position, these two cushions 65 and 66 can be used as a backrest. Also, for example, even if two checkout counters are arranged opposite to each other to handle holidays and sales work is performed by two cashiers, one checkout counter is activated on weekdays etc. It is conceivable that one cashier performs sales work. Therefore, in the counter chair 60, as illustrated in FIGS. 7B and 7C, one of the cushions 65 and 66 is positioned and held at the seating position, so that the cushion 65 and 66 have a backrest. The sales operation can be performed while sitting on the chair. Further, in this counter chair 60, by positioning and holding both of the cushions 65 and 66 at the seating positions, two cashiers can also sit on these cushions 65 and 66. That is, in the counter chair 60, the cushions 65 and 66 can be provided to each of the two cashiers as a backrest or a chair, or can be provided to one cashier as a chair with a backrest. Work load can be reduced.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, a base is formed near the operating portion of the checkout counter, and the upper end of a support member erected on the base has an axial center substantially horizontal. A rotation mechanism is formed, and the rotation mechanism rotatably supports a flat body holding portion having a body holding surface formed on at least one of the front and back surfaces, and substantially rotates the body holding surface of the body holding portion. Forming a holding mechanism for positioning and holding a horizontal seating position and a substantially vertical backrest position , wherein the body holding surface is
Near the lower part of the body holding part positioned and held
The detachable mounting of the seating member allows the cashier to sit on the body holding surface and execute sales duties by positioning and holding the body holding surface of the body holding portion substantially horizontally with this holding mechanism. By positioning and holding the body-holding surface of the body-holding unit in a substantially vertical position with the holding mechanism, the cashier can execute sales operations in a standing posture with the body-holding surface as a back. The burden can be reduced , and the body holding surface
Near the lower part of the body holding part that is positioned and held at the backrest position
By providing a seating member that can be attached and detached by the side,
And use the body support as a backrest
It is intended to have an effect such as the Ru can be.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the position is held horizontally.
The base that moves close to and away from the checkout counter
Both the footrest member and the body support are attached to the standing support member.
The body holder and the footrest that move horizontally
Does not change the relative position, and the footrest
The footrests against the legs of the cashier.
This has the effect of preventing collision .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, each of the rotary mechanisms is rotated by a rotating mechanism.
Movably pivoted and positioned and held at the backrest position
One support for two body-holding parts with opposite body-holding surfaces
Two body holding parts are provided by two members
The cashier can be used as a backrest,
Cashier sits on one body holder and
This has the effect that the body holding portion can be used as a backrest .

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[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an operating state.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an operating state.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a modification.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main part showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

10, 51, 52, 60 Body holding device 12, 13 Operation part 14 Checkout counter 15 Base 15, 16, 19-21 Front / rear mechanism 15-21 Detachment mechanism 22 Support member 22-27 Vertical mechanism 28 Footrest member 30, 53 , 67 Rotation mechanism 31, 32, 56-59, 61-64 Body holding surface 33, 54, 65, 66 Body holding part 34-39 Holding mechanism 34, 36-39 Tilt mechanism 43 Seating member 55 Back member

Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hozumi Suzuki 6-78, Minami-cho, Mishima-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture Inside the Mishima Plant of Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-2-302208 (JP, A) Shokai 49-13207 (JP, U) Jikken 34-6646 (JP, Y1) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G07G 1/00-5/00

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A base located in the vicinity of an operation section of a checkout counter, a support member erected on the base, and a pivot provided at an upper end of the support member, the axis of which is substantially horizontal. A mechanism, a flat plate-shaped body holding portion rotatably supported by the rotating mechanism and having a body holding surface formed on at least one of the front and back surfaces, and a substantially horizontal seating of the body holding surface of the body holding portion. A holding mechanism for positioning and holding the body holding surface at a position and a substantially vertical backrest position, and the body holding surface is positioned at the backrest position.
Detachable near the lower part of the fixed body holding part
And a seating member mounted on the body. 2. A footrest member which is horizontally held and held up and down
The body holding device of a checkout counter according to claim 1, wherein the body holding device is rotatably mounted in a direction . 3. A back mechanism which is rotatably supported by a rotating mechanism.
The body holding surfaces positioned and held in the leaning position
Two body holding parts are arranged side by side on one support member
The body holding device of a checkout counter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: