Cash Register-carried Indicia Patents (Class 40/319)
  • Patent number: 4377049
    Abstract: An improved selection panel having a plurality of touch-actuated capacitive switches thereon. Each capacitive switch in the panel includes a transparent glass substrate having transparent conductive coatings on opposite sides thereof to form a capacitor. A display support is positioned behind and adjacent to the plurality of capacitive switches, and provides a separate display card support for each capacitive switch. A removable display card is positioned in each separate support in a manner such that each of the display cards may be changed periodically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1983
    Assignee: PepsiCo Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Simon, Robert J. Strowe