Device for self-service stores

Claim 1

An apparatus for self-service stores for use in connection with shopping baskets and shopping carts, which includes: a cash register stand, a cashier''s stand adjacent said cash register stand, a deposit station in manual reach from said chashier''s stand for depositing goods selected by a customer for purchase and to be checked out by a cashier on said cashier''s stand, a central withdrawal compartment and two additional withdrawal compartments respectively arranged on opposite sides of said central withdrawal compartment and separated from the latter by partitions for respectively and selectively receiving the checked-out goods, means particularly including inclined surface means interposed between said deposit station and said withdrawal compartments while extending over the width of said withdrawal compartments, and conveyor means pivotally arranged before and at the upper end of said inclined surface means for conveying goods in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension of said withdrawal compartments and selectively to either one of said two additional withdrawal compartments, said pivotally arranged conveyor means being pivotable from a plane forming an extension of said inclined surface to a substantially horizontal working position.

Claim 2

An apparatus for self-service stores for use in connection with shopping baskets and shopping carts, which includes: a cash register stand, a cashier''s stand adjacent said cash register stand, a deposit station in manual reach from said chashier''s stand for depositing goods selected by a customer for purchase and to be checked out by a cashier on said cashier''s stand, a central withdrawal compartment and two additional withdrawal compartments respectively arranged on opposite sides of said central withdrawal compartment and separated from the latter by partitions for respectively and selectively receiving the checked-out goods, means particularly including inclined surface means interposed between said deposit station and said withdrawal compartments while extending over the width of said withdrawal compartments, and conveyor means pivotally arranged before and at the upper end of said inclined surface means for conveying goods in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension of said withdrawal compartments and selectively to either one of said two additional withdrawal compartments, said pivotally arranged conveyor means being pivotable from a plane forming an extension of said inclined surface to a substantially horizontal working position.

Claim 3

An apparatus for self-service stores for use in connection with shopping baskets and shopping carts, which includes: a cash register stand, a cashier''s stand adjacent said cash register stand, a deposit station in manual reach from said cashier''s stand for depositing good selected by a customer for purchase and to be checked out by a cashier on said cashier''s stand, a central withdrawal compartment and two additional withdrawal compartments respectively arranged on opposite sides of said central withdrawal compartment and separated from the latter by partitions for respectively and selectively receiving the checked-out goods, means particularly including inclined surface means interposed between said deposit station and said withdrawal compartments while extending over the width of said withdrawal compartments, and conveyor means pivotally arranged before and at the upper end of said inclined surface means for conveying goods in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension of said withdrawal compartments and selectively to either one of said two additional withdrawal compartments, said conveyor means including a conveyor belt, and comprising a border strip located on that side of said conveyor which faces the withdrawal compartments, said border strip being pivotable selectively into the plane of said conveyor belt.

Claim 4

An apparatus for self-service stores for use in connection with shopping baskets and shopping carts, which includes: a cash register stand, a cashier''s stand adjacent said cash register stand, a deposit station in manual reach from said cashier''s stand for depositing good selected by a customer for purchase and to be checked out by a cashier on said cashier''s stand, a central withdrawal compartment and two additional withdrawal compartments respectively arranged on opposite sides of said central withdrawal compartment and separated from the latter by partitions for respectively and selectively receiving the checked-out goods, means particularly including inclined surface means interposed between said deposit station and said withdrawal compartments while extending over the width of said withdrawal compartments, and conveyor means pivotally arranged before and at the upper end of said inclined surface means for conveying goods in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension of said withdrawal compartments and selectively to either one of said two additional withdrawal compartments, said conveyor means including a conveyor belt, and comprising a border strip located on that side of said conveyor which faces the withdrawal compartments, said border strip being pivotable selectively into the plane of said conveyor belt.