Abstract: A checkout counter associated with the exit till of a store has a registering conveyor belt adjacent the till and a discharge conveyor belt located downstream of the registering belt for distributing checked out products onto an inclined collection surface. The belts are driven by motors with intermittent control. A loading conveyor belt upstream of the registering belt has an independent motor drive. The loading belt frame is connected to the registering belt frame to provide, on the static plane, two separate product reception areas, and, on the dynamic plane, a single transfer track.