Weighing device for supermarket cash till - has code scanner or CCD camera beneath window load platform and carrier for scanning coded price data

摘要

The weighing device (8) has a weighing frame (11) with a load platform (16) for the goods to be weighed supported by a carrier (15) with aligned windows (17) in the platform and the carrier. The windows are covered by a transparent disc (18). A scanner (14) lies beneath the window for scanning a code label attached to the goods, providing data combined with the measured weight to calculate the price of the weighed goods. A single weighing cell (12) is supported by the weighing frame and acted on by one edge of the carrier, the electronic evaluation circuit (13) lying on its opposite side. ADVANTAGE - Compact weighing device simultaneously providing weight and price.