Claims
- 1. A portable point of sale terminal comprising:
- a hand-carryable housing having a front face;
- a power source located within the housing;
- a keyboard and display mounted on the front face of the housing;
- a screen mounted on the front face of the housing, for sensing the manual writing of information thereon and generating corresponding data; and
- a printer located within the housing, for printing information on a strip of paper and discharging the printed paper from the housing;
- wherein the printer is located adjacent to the screen and is arranged such that the discharged paper overlays the screen.
- 2. A portable point of sale terminal as defined in claim 1, wherein:
- the front face of the housing includes means defining a slot sized to receive one edge of plastic credit card; and
- the point of sale terminal further includes a magnetic card reader located adjacent to the slot in the front face of the housing, for reading information stored in a magnetic strip carried on a plastic credit card slid along the slot.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 07/915,470, filed Jul. 16, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,334,821, filed Aug. 21, 1994.
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5021640 |
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Divisions (1)
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