Global Patent Index - EP 0617388 A3

EP 0617388 A3 19970521 - Retail terminal.

Title (en)

Retail terminal.

Title (de)

Verkaufs-Endgerät.

Title (fr)

Terminal de vente.

Publication

EP 0617388 A3 19970521 (EN)

Application

EP 94302007 A 19940321

Priority

US 3499193 A 19930322

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0617388A2] A retail terminal has a housing (34) including a front cash till portion (30) with a lid (36) hinged to the housing (34), a keypad (20) being mounted on the lid (36). The terminal employs a flexible circuit (46) instead of a printed circuit board to facilitate mounting the keypad (20) on the lid (36). A rear portion (44) of the housing (34) contains a controller (12) connected to the keypad (20) by the flexible circuit (46), a liquid crystal display (14) coupled to the controller (12), and receipt and journal printers (16) coupled to the controller (12). The terminal may also include a circuit (24) for wirelessly communicating with a host system (22), and a solar panel and battery means for remote operations. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

G07G 1/00

IPC 8 full level

G07G 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G07G 1/0018 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0617388 A2 19940928; EP 0617388 A3 19970521; JP H0749981 A 19950221

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 94302007 A 19940321; JP 5040894 A 19940322