Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A supermarket system for expediting transactions, such system comprising: A. a group of identical check-out counters each serviced by a cashier and a bagger whose duties are performed at a cashier substation and a bagger substation; B. a control box at each substation and a headset wired thereto, said box including a call button; C. a manager''s booth; and D. a master station installed in said booth and having an annunciator provided with indicators, one for each counter, a multi-position selector switch, one position for each counter, and a telephone set wired to said master station, said master station being connected to the control boxes at said counters whereby the cashier and bagger at each counter are linked to each other through the master station, and when a call button is pressed by either the cashier or bagger to activate a related indicator, the selector switch may be set to the calling counter to link the headset of the caller at the calling counter to the telephone set at the master station.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
A supermarket system for expediting transactions, such system comprising: A. a group of identical check-out counters each serviced by a cashier and a bagger whose duties are performed at a cashier substation and a bagger substation; B. a control box at each substation and a headset wired thereto, said box including a call button; C. a manager''s booth; and D. a master station installed in said booth and having an annunciator provided with indicators, one for each counter, a multi-position selector switch, one position for each counter, and a telephone set wired to said master station, said master station being connected to the control boxes at said counters whereby the cashier and bagger at each counter are linked to each other through the master station, and when a call button is pressed by either the cashier or bagger to activate a related indicator, the selector switch may be set to the calling counter to link the headset of the caller at the calling counter to the telephone set at the master station.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system as set forth in claim 1, further including a substation control box at another point in said supermarket to effect a link thereto.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system as set forth in claim 1, further including an additional position on said switch to effect a simultaneous link with all of said substations.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A system as set forth in claim 1, further including a cash register at each cashier''s substation and an interface between said register and said cashier''s control box to transmit the totals registered by said register to said master station.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
124 words
An intercommunication network for a supermarket provided with a group of checkout counters and a manager''s booth, said network including, at each counter, a first control box and a headset wired thereto for use by a cashier, a second control box and a headset wired thereto for use by a bagger, a master station at the manager''s booth wired to the control boxes at all of said counters and having a telephone set wired thereto whereby the cashier and the bagger at each counter are linked together through the master station, switch means at the control boxes to call the master station and selector means at the master station to connect the telephone set to either the cashier and bagger at the calling counter.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
124 words
An intercommunication network for a supermarket provided with a group of checkout counters and a manager''s booth, said network including, at each counter, a first control box and a headset wired thereto for use by a cashier, a second control box and a headset wired thereto for use by a bagger, a master station at the manager''s booth wired to the control boxes at all of said counters and having a telephone set wired thereto whereby the cashier and the bagger at each counter are linked together through the master station, switch means at the control boxes to call the master station and selector means at the master station to connect the telephone set to either the cashier and bagger at the calling counter.