Patents by Inventor Gebhard Wallisch

Gebhard Wallisch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6998542
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device to be used for the sale of goods in a store. Said device comprises a unit for generating goods-related signals, a unit for generating identification signals, which represent the type of the goods to be sold, and comprises a display unit for generating a visual representation of information contents that are determined on the basis of the goods-related signals and/or identification signals. For generating a visual representation, the invention provides that the sales device is operated by quantity information that represents the present quantity of the goods of the type indicated by the identification signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo (Albstadt) GmbH
    Inventor: Gebhard Wallisch
  • Publication number: 20040040753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device to be used for the sale of goods in a store. Said device comprises a unit for generating goods-related signals, a unit for generating identification signals, which represent the type of the goods to be sold, and comprises a display unit for generating a visual representation of information contents that are determined on the basis of the goods-related signals and/or identification signals. For generating a visual representation, the invention provides that the sales device is operated by quantity information that represents the present quantity of the goods of the type indicated by the identification signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventor: Gebhard Wallisch
  • Publication number: 20040010450
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a device for use in connection with the sale of merchandise in a store or for use in a warehouse, with a unit which can be operated to generate merchandise-specific signals and a display unit which can be operated to display visually the merchandise-specific data represented by the merchandise-specific signals, where a driver circuit, which can be operated to receive signals representing images of at least part of the store or warehouse and to drive the display unit to display visually the images represented by these signals is assigned to the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Gebhard Wallisch, Herbert Murdter, Holger Moritz
  • Patent number: 5406035
    Abstract: In a price-calculating electronic shop scale having numeric display fields (9, 10, 11) for displaying the found-out weight of an article and the basic selling and purchase prices, respectively, of the article per unit of weight, an additional optical display unit (12, 13, 14) is provided which displays information evaluating the profit gained by the respective sales transaction. In this way the sales personnel is provided with a constant overview of the profit made by its sales activities without profit figures being revealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo (Albstadt)GmbH
    Inventor: Gebhard Wallisch
  • Patent number: 5113955
    Abstract: A price-calculating scale for self-service use equipped with an input keyboard with key fields provided with pictographs of goods, the price per kilogram of which is entered in the scales by means of the appropriate key field. For the purpose of adaptation to the current type of goods to be priced, an exchangeable key pads having a varied arrangement of the key fields is provided. The scale is programmable to automatically adapt to each key pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo (Albstadt) GmbH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wallisch, Dieter Eismann, Roland Matthes, Manfred Kammerer