JPH05233955A - Commodity sales register - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To permit a customer to easily take out a shopping bag from a bag carrying part and also to prevent the customer from taking out the shopping bag of an adjacent commodity sales register by a mistake or a dishonesty when the plural commodity sales registers are successively provided. CONSTITUTION:The register is the commodity sales register 16 where the shopping bag 25 arranged in the neighborhood of a register part 21 is carried to the bag carrying part 26 which faces the movement area of the customer by bag carrying mechanism. The bag carrying part 26 is formed in an open shape to the movement area of the customer. Partition 27 is erected at a reverse side position to the movement area of the customer in the bag carrying part 26.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise sales registration device for carrying a shopping bag arranged near a register section to a bag unloading section facing a customer moving area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a commodity sales registration device such as a checkout counter has an ECR (El
ectronic Cash Register) is loaded on the upper surface of a long and narrow soccer table, and the positions of the clerk and the customer are distributed on both sides of this soccer table. In this case, the customer can buy the shopping basket containing the products from one end of the soccer table
When sequentially conveyed to the position of R, the store clerk executes the registration process and the settlement process of the product information in this ECR. Then, when this clerk puts a product in a shopping bag which is placed on the soccer table around the ECR on the side opposite to the shopping basket, the customer who moves along the soccer table takes the shopping bag home.

However, in this case, the clerk has to manually carry the heavy shopping bag containing the products along the soccer table, which increases the work load on the clerk, which is not preferable. Therefore, a product sales registration device that solves such problems is
The applicant of the present invention discloses it in JP-A-61-128381.

Therefore, here, the checkout counter disclosed in the above publication will be described as a prior art of a commodity sales registration apparatus with reference to FIG. First, in the illustrated checkout counter 1, a register unit 5 including an overhead scanner 4 and the like is provided on the upper surface of the tip of a soccer table-shaped main body housing 3 having a support base 2 protruding from the end face. An opening hole 6 is formed in the upper surface of the main body housing 3 adjacent to the register portion 5. A lift 7 is a bag holding mechanism that holds a shopping bag (not shown) having an upper surface opened in the opening hole 6 so as to be vertically movable.
Is provided, and a belt conveyor 8 as a bag conveying mechanism is provided at a position continuous with the lowermost position of the lift 7. That is, the belt conveyor 8 is built in the main body housing 3 of the checkout counter 1, and inside the end portion of the main body housing 3, there is a holding portion 9 on which the shopping bags conveyed by the belt conveyor 8 are loaded. It is provided. Here, the holding portion 9 is integrated with an opening / closing cover 10 provided at the end portion of the main body housing 3, and the opening / closing cover 10 and the holding portion 9 together carry out the bag unloading portion 1.
1 is formed. In the checkout counter 1, a customer register unit 12 is provided on the upper surface of the main body housing 3 located on the bag unloading unit 11. The register unit 12 includes a keyboard 13, a display 14, and a card reader. It is formed of fifteen or the like.

In such a structure, in the checkout counter 1, the clerk is located on the front side of the main body housing 3 in the figure and the customer moves on the back side, and the clerk opens the opening 6 in advance. A shopping bag (not shown) having an open upper surface is set on the inside of the lift 7. Then, when the customer places the shopping basket storing the products to be purchased on the support base 2 at the tip of the main body housing 3, the clerk reads the barcode of the product taken out from the shopping basket by the overhead scanner 4 of the register unit 5. After scanning, it is put into the opening hole 6. By doing so, the product for which the product information has been registered is stored in the shopping bag located on the lift 7. Therefore, in the checkout counter 1, the weight in the product information input by the barcode is input. The value is compared with the weight value actually measured by the lift 7 to check the consistency of the product. Then, when such work is completed for all the products, the shopping bag storing the products is moved to the bottom of the main body housing 3 by the lift 7 and then conveyed to the bag unloading unit 11 by the belt conveyor 8 to be held by the holding unit. The open / close cover 10 integrated with the holding portion 9 is locked in this state.
Therefore, since the total amount of money is displayed on the display 14 located on the opening / closing cover 10, the customer who visually recognizes the total amount of money inserts a credit card (not shown) into the card reader 15 and uses the secret code with the keyboard 13. When the operation input is made, the opening / closing cover 10 can be opened and closed so that the customer can take out the shopping bag on the holding portion 9.

[0006]

In the checkout counter 1 as described above, the shopping bag containing the products is conveyed to the bag unloading section 11 by the lift 7 and the belt conveyor 8, so that the work load on the clerk is reduced. The work efficiency will be improved. In the checkout counter 1, the bag carry-out section 11 from which the customer takes out the shopping bag is separated from the position of the clerk, so that the customer cannot take out the shopping bag until the customer executes the settlement process with the credit card. It prevents fraud.

However, it is not practical to allow the customer to perform various operations of the settlement process in this way, and it is difficult to deal with the settlement process using cash, which is not practical. Therefore, at present, it is demanded that the checkout counter 1 as described above be configured so that the settlement processing is also completed by the register section 5 of the clerk so that the shopping bag can be freely brought back from the bag unloading section 11. ..

However, in general, the checkout counter 1 as described above is used in a large store in a form in which a plurality of checkout counters 1 are arranged in series.
If the shopping bags are allowed to be taken out freely in the form of being connected, there is a concern that the customer may bring out the shopping bags of the adjacent checkout counter 1 due to error or fraud.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A register unit for performing a registration process and a settlement process for product information is provided, and a bag holding mechanism for holding a shopping bag having an open upper surface is provided in the vicinity of the register unit. In a product sales registration device provided with a bag transport mechanism for transporting the shopping bag held by the item from the register section to the bag unloading section facing the customer's moving area, a shape opened toward the customer's moving area. The bag unloading section was formed on the above, and a partition was erected at a position on the opposite side of the customer moving area of the bag unloading section.

[0010]

[Function] Since the customer can easily carry out the shopping bag from the bag carry-out section, it can contribute to the improvement of the efficiency of the sales work, and in addition, the shopping bag can be freely carried out in this way. Since a bulkhead is installed upright on the side opposite to the customer's moving area in the bag unloading section, when multiple product sales registration devices are installed in a row, the customer may purchase a shopping bag of an adjacent product sales registration device due to error or fraud. It is possible to prevent things from being brought out.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. First, as shown in FIG. 1, the checkout counter 16 which is the commodity sales registration device has a soccer stand-shaped main body housing 17 in which a tip portion is formed low to form a support table 18. A register section 21 is formed by the electronic cash register 19 and the bar code scanner 20 which are located in the L-shape centering on. A roller conveyor 22 and an opening hole 23 are provided side by side on the upper surface of the main body housing 17 adjacent to the register portion 21, and a bag holding mechanism for holding the shopping bag 25 by the bottom portion 24 in the opening hole 23. Are formed.

Here, the checkout counter 16
Then, as illustrated in FIG.
Since the inner bottom 24 continues substantially horizontally to the bag unloading section 26 formed at the end of the main body housing 17, the bag unloading section 26 is lower than the upper surface of the main body housing 17. Since the position of the bag unloading portion 26 formed in such a low position on the side opposite to the customer moving area is continuous with the upper surface of the main body housing 17, this portion is separated from the bag unloading portion 26 by the partition wall 27. Has become.

In the checkout counter 16, the shopping bag 25 is formed as a continuous sheet roll that can be divided, and is stored in the front and rear surfaces of the main body housing 17 at the position of the register portion 21 so as to be freely drawn out. ing. Also, in this checkout counter 16,
A bag transfer mechanism (not shown) for pushing out the shopping bag 25 from the bottom of the opening hole 23 to the bag unloading section 26 is formed in the main body housing 17, and fragile products and long items not suitable for such transfer are formed. The item (1) is manually conveyed to the bag unloading section 26 by the roller conveyor 22 on the main body housing 17.

In such a structure, in the checkout counter 16, the clerk is located at the back side of the main body housing 17 in FIG. 1 (a) so that the customer can move to the front side. A shopping bag 25 having an open top is set in the opening 23. Then, when the customer places the shopping basket 28 storing the products to be purchased on the support 18 at the tip of the main body housing 17, the clerk stores the product information of the products taken out from the shopping basket 28 in the electronic cash register of the register unit 21. 19 and the barcode scanner 20 are operated and input, and then inserted into the opening hole 23. By doing so, the products for which the product information has been registered are stored in the shopping bag 25 in the opening hole 23. Therefore, in the checkout counter 16, all the products are registered and stored in the shopping bag 25. The clerk who has done the payment will execute the settlement process for the customer at the electronic cash register 19. Then, in the check-out counter 16, when the above-mentioned settlement processing is completed, the shopping bag 25 storing the products is pushed out to the bag unloading section 26 by the bag transport mechanism, so that the shopping bag located in the bag unloading section 26 is pushed. The customer takes out the bag 25.

By doing so, the checkout counter 16 is locked so that the shopping bag 25 cannot be taken out until the customer executes the settlement process with the credit card as in the checkout counter 1 exemplified as the prior art. Unlike the above structure, since the bag carry-out section 26 is open toward the customer moving area, the shopping bag 25
It is easy to take out and contribute to the efficiency of sales work. Moreover, in the check-out counter 16, even if the bag carry-out section 26 is opened so that the shopping bag 25 can be carried out freely as described above, the bag carry-out section 26 has a partition wall on the side opposite to the moving area of the customer. Since 27 is erected,
For example, the customer is prevented from taking out the shopping bag 25 of the adjacent checkout counter 16 due to an error or fraud.

[0016]

As described above, the present invention is provided with the register section for executing the registration processing and the settlement processing of the product information, and the bag holding mechanism for holding the shopping bag having the opened upper surface is provided in the vicinity of the register section. In a product sales registration device provided with a bag transfer mechanism for moving the shopping bag held by the bag holding mechanism away from the register section to the bag unloading section facing the customer's moving area, the product sales registration apparatus is directed toward the customer moving area. By forming the bag unloading section in an open shape and erection of a partition wall at a position opposite to the customer moving area of the bag unloading section, the customer can easily carry out the shopping bag from the bag unloading section. Because you can
Since it can contribute to improving the efficiency of sales work, and in addition, a bulkhead is installed upright on the side opposite to the customer's moving area in the bag carry-out section that is open so that the shopping bag can be carried out freely. When a plurality of product sales registration devices are arranged in series, it is possible to prevent the customer from taking out a shopping bag of an adjacent product sales registration device due to an error or fraud.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional rear view of a main part.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 16 Commodity Sales Registration Device 21 Register Section 24 Bag Holding Mechanism 25 Shopping Bag 26 Bag Unloading Section 27 Partition Wall

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A register unit for performing a registration process and a settlement process for product information is provided, and a bag holding mechanism for holding a shopping bag having an open top is provided in the vicinity of the register unit, and the bag is held by the bag holding mechanism. In a merchandise sales registration device provided with a bag transport mechanism for transporting the shopping bag away from the register section to a bag unloading section facing the customer moving area, the bag unloading is performed in a shape opened toward the customer moving area. The article sales registration device is characterized in that a partition is formed, and a partition is erected at a position opposite to the customer moving area of the bag unloading section.