Self-service checkout system

Abstract

Self-service checkout system having a merchandise-registration device 5 with a scanner 8 for registering the merchandise, a screen 14 for displaying merchandise data, a payment device with at least one coin-depositing and coin-dispensing device and a data-processing device, with the merchandise-registration device 5 comprising a base segment 6 and a head segment 7 which can be pivoted about a vertical axis of rotation V and can be pivoted through 180° with respect to the base segment 6, with the head segment 7 comprising at least the scanner 8 for registering the merchandise, the screen 14 for displaying merchandise data, and the payment device with at least one coin-depositing and coin-dispensing device.

Description

One exemplary embodiment of the invention is explained in greater detail below with reference to the drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 shows a perspective illustration of a self-service checkout system,

FIG. 2 shows a perspective illustration of the self-service checkout system during the pivoting movement of the head segment, and

FIG. 3 shows an enlarged illustration of a second setting-down device of the self-service checkout system in a lower position of a bag holder.

Claims

1. A self-service checkout system having a merchandise-registration device with a scanner (8) for registering the merchandise, a screen (14) for displaying merchandise data, a payment device with at least one coin-depositing and coin-dispensing device, and a data-processing device, the merchandise-registration device (5) including a base segment (6) and a head segment (7) which can be pivoted about a vertical axis of rotation (V) and can be pivoted through 180° with respect to the base segment (6), with the head segment (7) including at least the scanner (8) for registering the merchandise, the screen (14) for displaying merchandise data, and the payment device with at least one coin-depositing and coin-dispensing device.

2. The self-service checkout system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base segment (6) is provided with a banknote storage means and a dispensing apparatus for banknotes.

3. The self-service checkout system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a first and a second setting-down apparatus (2, 16) for setting down the merchandise before and after said merchandise is registered, with the second setting-down apparatus (16) having a bag holder (17) which is mounted on the setting-down apparatus (16) in a movable and pivotable manner.

4. The self-service checkout system as claimed in claimed 3, wherein the second setting-down device (16) has guide means such that the bag holder (17) can be pivoted out of an upper position, in which it is arranged above a base plane (23) of the head segment (7), into a lower position in which it is arranged beneath the base plane (23) of the head segment (7).

5. The self-service checkout system as claimed in claim 3 wherein, in its upper position, the bag holder (17) is arranged upright with a vertical frame (18) and with at least one retaining web (20) which projects toward the front (19) of the second setting-down device (16) in order to hold tabs of the shopping bag.

6. Apparatus for checking merchandise, said apparatus being convertible from a self-service configuration to a cashier operated configuration, said apparatus comprising: a console having a stationary base with a front face and a rear face, an upper member rotatably mounted on the base, the upper member having a horizontal surface upon which merchandise is placed for scanning and a vertical surface containing at least one display device; the upper member being pivotable about a vertical axis from a self-service position where the display faces a customer and a front edge of the horizontal surface is generally aligned with the front face of the base, to a cashier position where the display faces an opposite direction and the front edge of the horizontal surface is generally aligned with the rear face of the base.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 which further comprises: a bagging station adjacent a lower side of the base, said station having a stationary base and an upper section rotatably mounted about a horizontal axis on the base, the upper section having at least one stake extending therefrom to which a shopping bag can be attached; andwherein the stake normally extends at least to the height of the horizontal surface of the upper member of the console, but is pivotable out of the way to permit rotation of the upper member from the self-service position to the cashier position.