Supermarket checkstand with bagging system

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Abstract 1. A BAGGING CHECK-OUT COUNTER, COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CABINET ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED ON A SUPPORT SURFACE, SUCH AS A FLOOR, SAID CABINET HAVING PLURAL SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL SIDE WALLS AND A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL UNIPLANAR TOP FIXED TO SAID SIDE WALLS, WALL MEANS FIXED TO SAID CABINET ALONG ONE SIDE THEREOF AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL LENGTH OF SAID TOP AND DEFINING AN ELONGATED UPWARDLY OPENING TROUGH FOR PERMITTING BAGS CONTAINING ARTICLES TO BE MANUALLY SLIDABLY SUPPORTED THEREIN FOR MOVEMENT FROM A POSITION ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID TOP TO A POSITION ADJACENT THE OTHER END THEREOF, SAID WALL MEANS INCLUDING A SMOOTH AND SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR BOTTOM WALL POSITIONED APPROMIATELY MIDWAY BETWEEN SAID FLOOR AND SAID TOP AND BEING DISPLACED SIDEWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID TOP, SAID BOTTOM WALL BEING SLIGHTLY INCLINED RELATIVE TO THE HORIZONTAL AND SLOPING DOWNWARDLY TOWARD THE OUTER EDGE THEREOF, SAID WALL MEANS ALSO INCLUDING A SIDE BAG GUIDING WALL FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID BOTTOM WALL ADJACENT THE OUTER EDGE THEREOF AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY THEREFROM IN SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR RELATIONSHIP THERETO, SAID GUIDING WALL BEING INCLINED SLIGHTLY RELATIVE TO THE VERTICAL SO AS TO EXTEND UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID CABINET, SAID GUIDING WALL HAVING THE UPPER FREE EDGE THEREOF SPACED SIDEWARDLY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FROM THE ADJACENT EDGE OF SAID TOP FOR DEFINING THEREBETWEEN SAID UPWARDLY OPENING TROUGH, WHEREBY A BAG AS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID TROUGH IS SLIDABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID-BOTTOM WALL AND SAID SIDE GUIDING WALL? AND SAID CABINET ALSO INCLUDING MEANS DEFINING A BAG STORAGE WELL FOR PERMITTING STORAGE OF A PLURALITY OF CLOSED BAGS, SAID STORAGE WELL BEING DEFINED WITHIN SAID CABINET BENEATH SAID TOP, SAID LAST-MENTIONED MEANS ALSO DEFINING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY ORIENTED OPENING DEFINED BETWEEN SAID TOP AND SAID BOTTOM WALL FOR PROVIDING DIRECT COMMUNICATION FROM SAID TROUGH INTO SAID STORAGE WELL. D R A W I N G

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