US4867257A
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Slicing machine with product identifier
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-12-15
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Granted: 1989-09-19
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Expires: 2008-12-15
Abstract
Abstract The slicing machine, primarily for sliced meats, has a code reader, particularly a bar code reader, available in the vicinity of its goods slicing carriage which reliably determines the goods code for the sliced goods during the slicing process and fetches a programmed price per unit weight from a data memory of a weighing device. The price per unit weight is fed to a processor which determines the price of the goods being weighed or the retail price from the weight measurement. The delivery tray of the slicing machine can be a weighing tray of a weighing device built into the slicing machine. An indicator and/or a charge slip printer can then automatically print the total price that must be paid.
Inventors
- 👤 Fritz Kuchler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 23:58
CPC Classifications
B; B26; B26D; B26D5/00; B26D5/20; B26D5/30; B26D5/34; B26D7/00; B26D7/27; B26D7/30; G; G01; G01G; G01G19/00; G01G19/22; G01G19/38; G01G19/382; G01G19/40; G01G19/413; G01G19/414; G01G19/415; G01G19/52; B26D2210/00; B26D2210/02; B26D7/06; B26D7/0616; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T83/00; Y10T83/182
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
115 words
In a sliced-goods slicing machine for sliced goods, especially for sliced meats, comprising a goods slicing carriage and a delivery tray formed as a weighing tray of a weighing device, the improvement wherein a code reader is provided in the vicinity of said goods slicing carriage for detection of a code on said sliced goods during the slicing process and a memory for among other things a price per unit weight and a processor connected with said weighing device for determination of data such as retail price, total price of a group of portions of said sliced goods or the like and an indicator and/or a charge slip printer are connected to said code reader.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
115 words
In a sliced-goods slicing machine for sliced goods, especially for sliced meats, comprising a goods slicing carriage and a delivery tray formed as a weighing tray of a weighing device, the improvement wherein a code reader is provided in the vicinity of said goods slicing carriage for detection of a code on said sliced goods during the slicing process and a memory for among other things a price per unit weight and a processor connected with said weighing device for determination of data such as retail price, total price of a group of portions of said sliced goods or the like and an indicator and/or a charge slip printer are connected to said code reader.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The improvement defined in claim 1 wherein said code reader is a bar code reader.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
150 words
A sliced-goods slicing machine for sliced goods, primarily for sliced meats, comprising: a goods slicing carriage on which said sliced goods are generated; a weighing device with a weighing tray which receives said sliced goods; a bar code reader for reading a bar code in the vicinity of said sliced goods during the slicing process; a memory in which a price per unit weight of said sliced goods is stored, said memory being connected to said bar code reader for input said price per unit weight; a processor connected to said weighing device, said memory and said bar code reader for computation of a retail price and/or a total price of a group of portions of said sliced goods; and an indicator and/or a charge slip printer for said retail price and/or said price per unit weight and/or said total price of a group of portions of said sliced goods.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
150 words
A sliced-goods slicing machine for sliced goods, primarily for sliced meats, comprising: a goods slicing carriage on which said sliced goods are generated; a weighing device with a weighing tray which receives said sliced goods; a bar code reader for reading a bar code in the vicinity of said sliced goods during the slicing process; a memory in which a price per unit weight of said sliced goods is stored, said memory being connected to said bar code reader for input said price per unit weight; a processor connected to said weighing device, said memory and said bar code reader for computation of a retail price and/or a total price of a group of portions of said sliced goods; and an indicator and/or a charge slip printer for said retail price and/or said price per unit weight and/or said total price of a group of portions of said sliced goods.
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