Abstract: A check-out stand having a take-away conveyor extending in between a front module and a rear module. The take-away conveyor includes a receiving frame, a conveyor base, and a safety plate mounted on the conveyor base. For ease of installation, safety purposes and servicin, the take-away conveyor may be removed easily with tools. Further, a wire harness system is configured with that provides an AC power supply to the take-away conveyor.

Abstract: A modular checkout stand system including a number of modules that function independently of each other. The various modules may include intake transport sections, scanning sections, outtake transport sections, bagging sections, and other sections. These sections can be operatively coupled together in numerous different orientations and with varying numbers of each of the different sections to create customized checkout stands to meet the particular needs and applications of a merchant.

Abstract: A checkout stand having a circular turret rotatable about a central axis and a damping cylinder including a piston rod. The first end of the rod is pivotally attached to a location outside the perimeter of the turret, and the second end of the rod is pivotally attached to a location on the circular turret offset from the central axis.

Abstract: A self-check-out stand has a flat belt on which items that have been scanned can be placed. This belt abuts a declining belt, with both belts preferably having abutting ends with upper corners in which a fixed non-rotating nose rod is located with the rod extending across the width of the belt, the rods hold the abutting ends tightly together with only a small crack between the belts. The check-out stand has two sets of unpowered transition rollers to turn the items at an obtuse angle to the conveyer belts. The stand has a declining set of rollers to bring the items to the proper height for the customer to bag. The accumulation area rises from front to back to slow the items being conveyed. A scanner module with a monitor and pay station can be placed at the front end of the stand.

Abstract: A process for adhering a decorative pattern to a flat or multi-dimensional solid involves a heat transfer powder that is sprayed or brushed onto the surface to which the image is to be applied. A design in sublimate ink is placed on a transfer film. The ink particles convert directly to gas without passing through a liquid state. The gas converts directly to a solid upon cooling filling in the gaps or pores in the heat transfer polymer. A rigid fixture is provided which has a top, front and sides onto to which solid to be decorated are snugly fit by the fixture. A solid cap which may have a soft felt-type material on the inside, which is designed to push the film in tight and level contact with the solid surface to which the design is to be imprinted may be used.

Abstract: This invention discloses a new self-check-out stand capable of handling large orders. The check-out stand has a flat belt on which items that have been scanned can be placed. This belt abuts a declining belt, with both belts preferably each having abutting ends with upper corners in which a fixed non-rotating nose rod is located with the rod extending across the width of the belt, said rods hold the abutting ends tightly together with only a small crack between the belts. The check-out stand has two sets of unpowered transition rollers to turn the items at an obtuse angle to the conveyer belts. The stand has a declining set of rollers to bring the items to the proper height for the customer to bag. The accumulation area rises from front to back to slow the items being conveyed. A scanner module with a monitor and pay station can be placed at the front end of the stand.

Abstract: This invention provides a high-volume check stand with a front transport that has two belted input conveyors so that a customer can load one belt while the cashier is checking out products purchased by a second customer on the second belt. This two belt module has a flush rear end to which is attached a scanner that can be slid from one belt to the other. Preferably this check stand has an output module which has two belts and two rollers so that the check stand can use a bagger on each side for bagging the items, to speed checkout time. Embodiments of this check stand may have an output module that is a carousel or a turntable. It could also have any combination of one or two conveyor belts and one or two rollers on an incline for use in packing the products. A scanner is placed between the flush rear end of the front transport and the flush front end of the output module.

Abstract: A new method for designing and manufacturing custom-built check stands is provided which involves producing a large database of drawings of modules and component kits for producing check stands. Drawings are selected from this database for producing check stands in response to an order for a custom-built check stand. The drawings can be subsequently modified to eliminate unneeded features or to add needed features on repeat orders of the check stands in order to produce a standardized check stand for these repeat orders.

Abstract: This invention relates to a front transport for a check stand which has a combined front roller and motor and an idler roller at the rear end with a conveyor belt going around both rollers. The front transport has a mechanism for adjusting the tension and tracking of the conveyor belt which consists of two bolts on the front end of the front transport near each side for adjusting a shuttle on each in which a motor mount is secured. Each shuttle can be moved back and forth by turning the adjustment bolt. This front transport can have varying lengths as it has break points in the metal frame for reducing the size of the conveyor assembly.

Abstract: This invention provides a high-volume check stand with a front transport that has two belted input conveyors so that a customer can load one belt while the cashier is checking out products purchased by a second customer on the second belt. This two belt module has a flush rear end to which is attached a scanner that can be slid from one belt to the other. Preferably this check stand has an output module which has two belts and two rollers so that the check stand can use a bagger on each side for bagging the items, to speed checkout time. Embodiments of this check stand may have an output module that is a carousel or a turntable. It could also have any combination of one or two conveyor belts and one or two rollers on an incline for use in packing the products. A scanner is placed between the flush rear end of the front transport and the flush front end of the output module.

Abstract: A checkout system in a retail store check-out counter, includes a bagging carousel positioned adjacent a checkout module. The bagging carousel includes a base, and a rotatable support surface mounted to the base. Extending upwardly from the rotatable support surface are a plurality of bag supports, each of which is adapted to support at least one bag. The bag supports are rotatable with the rotatable support surface about the base between a filling position, where a checkout clerk may fill one or more bags supported by the bag supports, and an unloading position where the bag or bags may be unloaded from the carousel by the customer. The bagging carousel includes a user interface device to permit a user to view, and/or enter, information relating to the transaction.

Abstract: A merchandising display comprises an array of vertical wires and an array of horizontal wires, and sheet metal panels which snap onto wires of one of the arrays to provide a slotted display backing. Shelf brackets extend through the slots and are supported by the horizontal wires. In one embodiment the slots are horizontal, and in another embodiment, the slots are vertical.

Abstract: A merchandising display has a first set of vertical wires, a second set of horizontal wires and a plurality of elongated panels. The vertical wires are disposed in parallel, spaced relationship to one another. The horizontal wires are disposed in parallel, adjacent pairs, the wires of each pair being spaced from each other by a distance greater than the spacing between adjacent pairs. The horizontal wires are connected to the first set of wires by resistance welds. Each panel has long edges which extend in the direction of elongation of the panel, and flanges which extend rearward from the edges. The panels are capable of snap-fit engagement with the pairs of horizontal wires to achieve either a closed slat wall appearance or a dual open/closed appearance. Access slots are formed between adjacent panels for receiving brackets of merchandise supports such as rods or shelves.