JP3030540B2 - Keyboard support device for cash register input - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for supporting a cash register input keyboard.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional cash register for a large store that sells a wide variety of products generally has a display, an input keyboard and the like mounted integrally on a counter table. It is a target. recent years,
It is desired that the direction of the cash register can be easily changed so that the cash register counter can be used by both one person and two people. In order to satisfy such requirements,
JP-A-63-57952 or JP-A-2-228.
As disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 915 and the like, the cash register main body, display, keyboard, etc.
There is one that is mounted on a turntable of a table and integrated so that the direction can be changed.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned rotary table type has a problem that the rotary table must have a large and high-strength structure in order to mount a heavy-weight main body and a display. There is a point. In addition, there are those equipped with a display on top of the body as possible swing, a keyboard, since Ru der only was placed in a conventional manner table, at the time of input operation, must move clerk to the front of the keyboard not, Ru inconvenience der. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the related art, and enables an input keyboard to be independently turned independently of a cash register main body or a display and to change a movement locus thereof. , around the body or display, etc., for the purpose of a good convenient as to pivot around further it has a simple structure, provides a support device of the input keyboard of the cash register that facilitate assembling work I have.

[0004]

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned problems are solved as follows. (1) A support plate for supporting an input keyboard of a cash register is provided with a protruding portion extending rearward, and a rear end of the protruding portion is provided with a vertical axis on a base plate supporting the cash register. Pivotally attached, the keyboard and the support plate can be moved on the base plate in an arc around the axis , and any one of the opposing surfaces of the base plate and the support plate
On one side, by contacting the mating member, the support plate is
Ru providing a non-slip means to stop fixed.

(2) In the above item (1), a temporary fixing means for temporarily fixing the support plate when the support plate reaches a plurality of predetermined positions is provided between the base plate and the support plate.

(3) In the above item (2), the temporary fixing means is provided on one of the opposing surfaces of the base plate and the support plate, and on the other opposing surface, When the plate reaches a predetermined position, the plate is engaged with the engagement hole to apply a check force to the support plate.

(4) Any of the above (1) to (3)
Then, the support plate is formed in a backward T-shape in plan view.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The basic configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIGS. 3 and 4 show the present invention applied to a cashier counter of a large store which sells various kinds of products .
FIG. 3 shows a basic situation in which cashier work is performed by two persons, and FIG. 4 shows a situation in which cashier work is performed by one person.

On the top plate (2) of the counter table (1),
Placed Slide Scanner (3) and the hand scanner (4), provided on the upper surface right side of the register table (5) adjacent to the 3 left a counter table (1), slightly higher than the top plate (2) At the position of the base plate (6), a cash register (A)
, A display (8) and a keyboard (9) are mounted. (X1) and (X2) indicate clerks when working with two people, and (X3) indicate clerks when working with one person.

[0010] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, wherein the base plate (6)
A pair of left and right pivot tubes (10) penetrates the center of the
First temporary fixing means (11) are provided in front of both pivotal supports (10) near the front end of the upper plate (6a). From the left and right pivot tubes (10) in the upper plate (6a) ,
The same as the first temporary fixing means (11), at 45 ° left front and right front, and at the same intervals as the intervals between each pivot support tube (10) and each first temporary fixing means (11). A second temporary fixing means (12) having a structure is provided.

Each of the temporary fixing means (11) and (12) is formed by enclosing a locking ball (14) in a bottomed cylinder (13) penetrating through the upper plate (6a) and having an opening whose upper end is slightly reduced in diameter. , Compression spring enclosed in a bottomed cylinder (13)
The upper end of the locking ball (14) protrudes slightly upward from the bottomed cylinder (13).

[0012] The keyboard (9) is placed on after the plan view toward the T-shaped support plate (16), its lower surface front ends are opposite ends of the support plate (16) the front portion of the horizontal Mukohen (16a) Is fixed by a set screw (17).

An engagement hole (18) is formed at the center of the horizontal piece (16a) of the support plate (16), and an arm protruding rearward of the keyboard (9) from the center of the rear end of the horizontal piece (16a). At the rear end of the part (16b), a bottomed fitting cylinder (19) forming a pivot is penetrated, and an engagement hole (1
The space between the fitting tube (8) and the fitting tube (19) is equal to the space between the temporary fixing means (11) (12) and the pivot support tube (10).

The fitting cylinder (19) is fitted into the right pivot support cylinder (10) from above, and a set screw (20) inserted from above into the bottom wall of the fitting cylinder (19) is attached to the base plate. (6) Lock plate (21) fixed to lower plate (6b)
Screwed into the center of the upper surface of the nut (22) of, if necessary, by rotating the keyboard (9) together with the support plate (16), engagement holes (18)
Can be temporarily fixed or fixed by engaging with either of the two temporary fixing means (11) and (12). (23) is a wiring hole.

In the above-described register counter, the keyboard (9) is stably oriented at a right angle or at a 45 ° angle to the counter table (1) in accordance with the use mode shown in FIGS. Clerks (X1), (X2) and (X3) in the counter can be dealt with by two- person or one- person systems depending on the degree of crowded customers.

The above is an example in which the register table (5) is arranged on the left side of the counter table (1) in FIGS. 3 and 4. However, the register table (5) may be arranged depending on the layout in the store and the flow of customers. when the 5) arranged on the right side of the counter table (1) is a base plate on the upper surface left side of the register table (5)
(6) is provided, the fitting tube (19) of the support plate (16) is pivotally supported on the left pivot support tube (10) of the base plate (6), and the engagement hole (18) is located on the left. What is necessary is just to latch on the temporary fixing means (11) and (12).

The numbers and positions of the two temporary fixing means (11) and (12) are not limited to those described above, but can be changed as needed.

Next, a non-slip hand for stationaryly fixing the support plate
The procedure for arranging the steps will be described with reference to FIGS. Incidentally, the same members as those shown in FIGS. 1-4, stop the given the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In FIGS. 5 and 6, the support plate (24) extends from the center of the rear edge of the rectangular support portion (24a) on which the keyboard (9) is placed, to the rear of the support portion (24a). Projecting part (24b)
It consists of

At the front left and right of the support portion (24a), two through holes (2
6) A keyboard (9) mounted on the support (24b) by bolts (not shown) inserted into the through holes (26) and (26) ,
Can be fixed .

Hard rubbers (25) and (25) having a horizontal belt shape and a large coefficient of friction are provided on the front and rear edges of the lower surface of the support portion (24a) as anti-slip means for stationaryly fixing the support plate. ,
Mounted with adhesive.

As shown in detail in FIG. 6, the through hole (27) provided in the projecting portion (24b) is transmural interpolation shoulder pin (28) from above
Have been.

The stepped pin (28) has a head (2
8a) and the head (28a).
A smaller diameter than 8a), seats between nylon and (29), the protrusion (24
a middle portion (28b) penetrating through the through hole (27) of b), and a middle portion (28b)
And a fitting member which has a smaller diameter than the middle portion (28b), penetrates through the spacer (30), and fits into the mounting hole (31) provided in the top plate (2). And a lower portion (28c) press-fitted into the center hole (33) of (32).

When the stepped pin (28) is pressed into the fitting member (32), the spacer (30) is pressed downward by the middle step (28b). When the spacer (30) comes in contact with the top plate (2), the stepped pin
Since (28) cannot be pressed further deeper, the spacer (29)
There is no pressure contact with the protruding portion (24b) of the support plate (24), and the support plate (24) can smoothly rotate around the stepped pin (28).

Since the annular groove (32a) which is inclined upward is formed in a plurality of steps on the peripheral surface of the fitting member (32), the fitting member (32) fitted in the mounting hole (31) is formed. 32) is the mounting hole (3
There is no escape from 1).

The hard rubber (2 ) attached to the lower surface of the support plate (24)
5) By contacting (25) with the top plate (2), the stepped pin (2
The support plate (24) that rotates around the center (8) can be fixedly fixed at an arbitrary position on the top plate (2).

[0027] Incidentally, the hard rubber (25), the support plate may be provided in (24) instead of the top plate (2), also a hard rubber (25), there is also a small disk shape.

[0028]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (a) According to the first aspect of the present invention, the support plate supporting the keyboard is provided with a protruding portion extending rearward, and the rear end of the protruding portion is pivotally connected to the base plate. as in the case of mounting the keyboard and the keyboard rather than rotating the substantially central around, move to pivot the outer peripheral portion main body and a display such as a cash register is placed, registration counter It is very convenient to use it in a cashier counter where there are cases where work is performed by two people and cases where work is performed by one person. That is, if carried out in 2-person is one of the clerk is located just before the cash register main body, approximately in the middle of checkout counter to operate toward the keyboard on the front, the other one is away from the cash register located performs focused only read operations of the bar code of the product, if carried out in 1-person is one of the clerk standing position of the cash register near the cash register counter, the direction of the clerk keyboard Move to the diagonally side position to face, and the clerk,
Without moving or changing the body ’s direction.
An operation of reading operations and keyboard bar code of the product can be carried out by one person. In addition, if the keyboard can be moved in this way, the body of the heavy cash register does not need to be rotated and only needs to be directly mounted on the base plate, so it is necessary to consider the strength of the rotating part very little. And the structure can be simplified. Further, since the support plate may be pivotally attached to the base plate at the rear end of the protruding portion extending rearward from the keyboard mounted thereon, the pivoting operation is not hindered by the keyboard, and the support plate is assembled. workability marked with a rather good, yet the support plate
It can be fixed at any position on the top plate,
You.

(B) With provision of the temporary fixing means as described in the second and third aspects of the present invention, the keyboard can be easily moved to the optimum position, for example, in the case of two- man and one- man systems. This is convenient because it is possible to prevent the user from unintentionally moving from that position.

(C) According to the invention of claim 4, most of the support plate can be hidden under the keyboard, so that the appearance can be improved and the structure can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically showing a situation when the cashier counter according to the first embodiment is operated by two persons.

FIG. 4 is a plan view schematically showing the situation when working alone.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view taken along the line VI-VI.

[Explanation of symbols]

(1) Counter table (2) Top plate (3) Slide scanner (4) Hand scanner (5) Register table (6) Base plate (6a) Upper plate (6b) Lower plate (7) Main body (8) Display (9) ) Keyboard (10) Pivot tube (11) First temporary fixing means (12) Second temporary fixing means (13) Bottomed cylinder (14) Locking ball (15) Compression spring (16) Support plate (16a ) Horizontal piece (16b) Arm (projecting part) (17) Set screw (18) Engagement hole (19) Fitting cylinder (20) Set screw (21) Lock plate (22) Nut (23) Wiring hole ( 24) Support plate (24a) Support part (24b) Projection (25) Hard rubber (slip prevention means) (26) Through hole (27) Through hole (28) Stepped pin (28a) Head (28b) Middle part (28c) Lower part (29) Spacer (30) Spacer (31) Mounting hole (32) Fitting member (32a) Annular groove (33) Center hole (A) Cash register (X1) (X2) (X3) Clerk

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A supporting plate for supporting an input keyboard of a cash register is provided with a protruding portion extending rearward, and a rear end of the protruding portion is vertically oriented on a base plate supporting the cash register. The keyboard is pivotally mounted with an axis, the keyboard and the support plate can be moved on the base plate in an arc around the axis, and the opposing surface of the base plate and the support plate
Contact with one of the
A device for supporting an input keyboard of a cache register, comprising a non-slip means for stationaryly holding a holding plate . 2. A cash register according to claim 1, further comprising a temporary fixing means for temporarily fixing the support plate between the base plate and the support plate when the support plate reaches a plurality of predetermined positions. Keyboard support device. 3. A temporary fixing means is provided on one of the opposing surfaces of the base plate and the support plate, and on the other opposing surface, and the support plate reaches a predetermined position. 3. The input keyboard support device for a cash register according to claim 2, wherein the engagement hole is engaged with the engagement hole to apply a check force to the support plate. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the support plate has a T-shaped rearward view in plan view.
Item 4. A device for supporting a keyboard for inputting a cash register according to any one of Items 1 to 3 .