JPH0956548A - Check-out counter device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a working area compact, to reduce the moving distance of a clerk and to reduce the work loads on the clerk at the time of a one-man system, to provide a margin in a distance between the standing clerks, to reduce mental and physical oppressive feelings in an operation space and to improve work efficiency at the time of a two-man system and to handle many articles on the top plate of a counter. SOLUTION: An opening part 3b is formed on the top plate 3 of the counter 1 and a scanner device 4 provided with a bar code read part is disposed below the opening part 3b of the top plate 3 movably along the counter 1 so as to be brought closer and separated to/from a register.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a checkout counter device installed and used in various stores such as supermarkets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a POS device which constitutes a counter device of this type has a fixed horizontal scanner device on a counter and a keyboard, a drawer, a display, a printer, a POS controller and the like on a cash register. It was something that was done. It is usual to perform a two-person checkout using the POS device having such an arrangement. That is, one was dedicated to scanning and packaging products, and the other was dedicated to giving and receiving money to and from customers.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned method, the system is two-person. However, due to the trend of labor saving, there is a demand to shift to two-person system when busy, but to one-person system when there is no time. However, if an attempt is made to perform a one-person system with the above arrangement, the clerk must move to the cash register with the keyboard when the repeat input of the same product and the product without the barcode are input. Also, when scanning is completed and the subtotal key is entered, it is necessary to move to the cash register. Furthermore, even in the case of a two-person system, when inputting the repeat of the same product and the product without the barcode,
There was no keyboard at the scanning staff, so I needed to speak out and tell the staff at the cashier to enter.

As a conventional example corresponding to the shift of one-person system and two-person system, there is one in which the position of the cash register is changed. That is,
Instead of arranging the counter and cash register in parallel, place the cash register next to the counter with the scanner device at a right angle to this counter, and when scanning one person, scan on the counter. If the clerk who is looking sideways,
I dealt with it by handling the cash register as it was and making it possible to exchange money.

However, in such a system, since the cash register is not placed in parallel with the counter, considering the movement route, that is, the flow line of the clerk in the counter area,
The cashier stands in the way. In addition, there is a high possibility that the clerk will be lying sideways when giving and receiving money, and the impression on the customer is bad.
In addition, if the keyboard is near the scanner device, there may be an erroneous input during scanning, or it may be an obstacle when handling a large product on the counter. Further, in the case of the one-person system, if the keyboard is near the scanner device, the movement distance of the store clerk becomes large at the time of key operation such as depositing money in cash transfer and key input of current total.

An object of the present invention is to reduce the working distance of a store clerk by reducing the working area by making the working area compact when the system is one person, and when the system is two persons, there is a margin in the distance while the store clerk stands. In order to reduce the psychological and physical pressure in the operating space, improve work efficiency, and do not place the scanner device on the counter top plate, and handle many products of various sizes. It is to secure sufficient space.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the above problems can be solved as follows. (1) In a checkout counter device equipped with a register on one side of a counter for registering the accounts of products in a store or the like, a scanner device having an opening formed on the top plate of the counter and a product code reading unit Is disposed below the opening of the top plate so as to be movable along the counter so as to be close to and away from the register.

(2) In the above item (1), the opening formed in the top plate of the counter is elongated in the direction of approaching and separating from the register.

(3) In the above item (1) or (2), a plurality of openings formed in the top plate of the counter are provided in the direction in which they approach and separate from the register.

(4) In any one of the above items (1) to (3), the transparent plate covers the opening formed in the top plate of the counter.

(5) In any one of the above items (1) to (4), a fixed shelf plate is provided below the counter top plate so that the scanner device with moving rollers can be moved onto the fixed shelf plate. Place it.

(6) In any one of the above items (1) to (4), the scanner device is movably suspended from the lower surface of the top plate of the counter.

(7) In any one of the above items (1) to (6), fixing means is attached to the scanner device, and the fixing device can fix the scanner device at an arbitrary position within a moving range.

[0014]

1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention. The check-out counter device shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 is a counter (1) and a cashier table installed in parallel therewith.
(2) and have. As shown in FIG. 2, the cash register (2) has a register, that is, a keyboard device (5), a display device (6), a printer (7), and a change dispenser.
(8), drawer (9), POS controller (10), etc. are mounted, but these are omitted in FIG.

The top plate (3) of the counter (1) has a large elongated opening (3b) extending along the side edge (3a) of the counter (1). At the bottom of the top plate (3), the opening (3
Immediately below b), the scanner device (4) is arranged so as to be movable in the direction along the side edge portion (3a). That is, the scanner device (4) has a counter (1) as shown by an arrow in FIG.
It is movably provided on the top plate (3) in the direction toward and away from the cash register (2).

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a scanner device
The housing (12) of (4) supports a scanner (4a) which is a product code reading section in the center thereof, and a fixed shelf board (20) (Fig. 5) by four moving rollers (13) attached to the lower part. ) You can move up. As shown in FIG. 4, the housing (12) of the scanner device (4) is a scanner support plate on which the scanner (4a) is mounted.
Side plates (12b) and (12b) are attached to both sides of (12a). At the lower end of the side plate (12b), the above-mentioned moving roller (13)
Is attached. Scanner device on fixed shelf (20)
The height of (4) is such that the upper surface of the scanner (4a) has an opening (3b).
The height is set close to the lower surface of the transparent plate (21) such as a glass plate that covers the upper surface of the.

A bottom plate (12c) is attached to the lower ends of both side plates (12b) of the housing (12). The front part of this bottom plate (12c) projects forward, and with this projecting part,
The scanner device (4) can be moved. The space between the scanner support plate (12a) and the bottom plate (12c) forms a storage space for storing the hand scanner (11) and the like.

An L-shaped bent fitting 14 is fixed to the front surface of the scanner support plate 12a of the housing 12, and is embedded in the through hole of the fitting 14. Built-in nut (1
A knob bolt (15) is screwed into 6) from below. The tip portion (15a) of the knob bolt (15) faces the lower surface of the top plate (3) as shown in FIG. Therefore, the knob bolt (15)
When it is tightened, the tip end portion (15a) thereof comes into pressure contact with the lower surface of the top plate (3), and the scanner device (4) can be fixed stationary at that position. This is the fixing means.

From the scanner (4a), the communication cable (17) passes through the wiring hole (18) formed in the scanner support plate (12), and then the repeater (19) mounted on the fixed shelf plate (20). Extends to. The communication cable (17) is arranged with a margin in consideration of the moving range of the scanner device (4).

As shown in FIG. 5, the top plate of the counter (1)
As described above, the transparent plate (21) such as a glass plate is fitted into the opening (3b) of (3) such that the upper surface thereof is flush with the upper surface of the top plate (3). . In this way, when handling the product on the counter (1), the opening
It's easy because you don't have to worry about the existence of (3b). However, for the light transmission of the scanner (4a), it is advantageous that there is no glass plate that causes reflection to some extent.
This can be omitted, or alternatively, crosspieces having a relatively wide interval can be provided.

FIG. 7 shows the work situation of the two-person system of this embodiment. Mobile scanner device (4) containing the scanner (4a)
Is moved to a position far from the cash register (2) within the opening (3b), the clerk (A) is located in front of this, and the clerk (B) is in front of the cash register (2). positioned. The customer proceeds as indicated by the white arrow. First of all, the purchased product is
The clerk (A) scans the barcode. For large products, input using the hand scanner (11). Next, the customer proceeds to the cashier stand (2) and pays the clerk (B). Reference numeral (6a) shown in this figure is a customer display device.

In the case of the one-person system, as shown in FIG. 8, the scanner device (4) is moved to a position near the cash register (2). The display device (6) and the keyboard device (5) on the cash register (2) are made to face the clerk (C). Reference numeral (22) shown in FIG. 1 is a turntable for the keyboard device (5). The store clerk (C) performs the cash register operation such as scanning and keyboard input by himself. Note that the movement distance and the angle of posture change of the clerk (C) at this time are the minimum. In the case of FIG. 3, the hand scanner (11)
Is conveniently stored under the scanner device (4).

In the above embodiment, the scanner device (4) is movably mounted on the fixed shelf (20), but the scanner device (4) is mounted on the top plate (3) of the counter (1). It may be movably suspended on the lower surface. This example is shown in FIG.
An L-shaped fitting (23) is attached to the lower part of the inner wall of the opening (3b) of the top plate (3) so as to be slightly spaced inward. On the other hand, a moving roller (13) is attached to the upper end of the housing (12) of the scanner device (4). Insert the moving roller (13) between the rising portion of the mounting bracket (23) and the inner wall of the opening (3b) to remove the mounting bracket (2
It is hung on the horizontal part of 3). In this way, the scanner device (4) can be movably attached regardless of the fixed shelf (20).

In FIG. 9, a plurality (three in this embodiment) of substantially rectangular openings (24) are provided in the counter (1) in place of the large elongated openings (3b) in the above-mentioned embodiment, and In this example, the transparent plate (25) is detachably attached to the upper surface of the opening (24). In this way, the scanner device (4) is attached to each opening (2
It can be moved to three positions directly under 4), and only the transparent plate (25) directly above the scanner device (4) is removed,
Others can be used as they are.

[0025]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an opening is formed in the top plate of the counter, and a scanner device provided with a product code reading section is provided below the opening of the top plate. Since it is arranged so that it can be moved along the counter so as to be close to and away from each other, the scanner device is placed far away from the cash register in the two-person system so that there is a sufficient allowance for the distance between the two salesclerks. At the time of personnel control, the scanner device can be moved closer to the cash register to make the working area of one clerk compact. As a result, in the case of the two-person system, it is possible to reduce the psychological and physical pressure in the operation space to improve the work efficiency, and in the case of the one-person system, reduce the work load of the store clerk, and hence the fatigue. You can Further, since there is no scanner device on the top plate of the counter, it is possible to secure a sufficient area for handling a large number of products of various sizes.

When the opening formed on the top plate of the counter is elongated in the direction of approaching and separating from the register as in the second aspect of the invention, the moving position of the scanner device can be set at any position. it can.

When the openings formed in the top plate of the counter are provided at a plurality of positions in the direction of approaching and separating from the register as in the third aspect of the invention, the moving position of the scanner device is finely set. Needless to say, the movement position can be determined in stages.

When the opening formed on the top plate of the counter is covered with the transparent plate as in the fourth aspect of the invention, the product can be moved on the top plate without worrying about the opening at all.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a fixed shelf plate is provided below the counter top plate, and a scanner device with a moving roller is movably mounted on the fixed shelf plate.
The scanner device is reliably and stably supported.

When the scanner device is movably suspended on the lower surface of the top plate of the counter as in the sixth aspect of the invention, the scanner device can be smoothly moved to an arbitrary position. You can

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, if the fixing device is attached to the scanner device and the fixing device can fix the scanner device at an arbitrary position within the moving range, the scanner device can be protected during scanning. It never moves.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a first checkout counter device of the present invention.
3 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 2 is likewise a front view when a register or the like is attached.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a scanner device.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the scanner device.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical side view showing how the scanner device is attached.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged vertical side view showing another example of how the scanner device is attached.

7 is a plan view showing the checkout counter device and the clerk shown in FIG. 1 in a two-person system.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the checkout counter device and the clerk shown in FIG. 1 in the one-person system.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a counter showing a modified example of the opening.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) Counter (2) Cash register (3) Top plate (3a) Side edge (3b) Opening (4) Scanner device (5) Keyboard device (6) Display device (6a) Display device for customer (7) ) Printer (8) Change machine (9) Drawer (10) POS controller (11) Hand scanner (12) Housing (12a) Scanner support plate (12b) Side plate (12c) Bottom plate (13) Moving roller (14) Mounting bracket ( 15) Knob bolt (fixing device) (15a) Tip (16) Embedded nut (17) Communication cable (18) Wiring hole (19) Repeater (20) Fixed shelf (21) Glass plate (transparent plate) (22) Rotating table for keyboard device (23) L-shaped mounting bracket (24) Square opening (A) (B) (C) Clerk

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A checkout counter device comprising a register for checking the accounts of products in a store or the like on one side of a counter, wherein an opening is formed on a top plate of the counter and a product code reading unit is provided. A checkout counter device, wherein a scanner device is arranged below the opening of the top plate so as to be movable along a counter so as to be close to and away from the register. 2. An opening formed on a counter top plate,
The checkout counter device according to claim 1, wherein the checkout counter device is elongated in a direction in which the register is approached and separated from the register. 3. The opening formed in the counter top plate,
3. The checkout counter device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of checkout counter devices are provided in a direction in which they are close to and away from the register. 4. The checkout counter device according to claim 1, wherein the opening formed in the top plate of the counter is covered with a transparent plate. 5. A fixed shelf plate is provided below a top plate of a counter, and a scanner device with a moving roller is movably mounted on the fixed shelf plate. Check-out counter device described in crab. 6. The scanner device is movably suspended from the lower surface of the top plate of the counter.
Checkout counter device according to any one of. 7. The scanner device according to claim 1, wherein a fixing means is attached to the scanner device, and the fixing device can fix the scanner device at an arbitrary position within a moving range. Checkout counter device.