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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roderick J Gordon, Peterborough, CA;
Andrew W Soldzien, Peterborough, CA;
Assignee:
Rodlin Instruments, Inc., Peterborough, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G06M / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 250239 ;
Abstract
A retail check stand device has a conveyor and a pair of side walls, each of the side walls further including a side wall section presenting an inner planar surface on a respective side of the conveyor to confine articles. One of the side wall sections has a cavity adjacent the planar surface. A sensing means is provided to sensing objects on the conveyor. An opening is formed in the side wall section to provide access to the cavity. A check stand controller is responsive to the sensing means and is arranged to fit through the opening and be located in the cavity.