(19)
(11) EP 0 617 388 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.05.1997 Bulletin 1997/21

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.09.1994 Bulletin 1994/39

(21) Application number: 94302007.3

(22) Date of filing: 21.03.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G07G 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 22.03.1993 US 34991

(71) Applicant: NCR International, Inc.
Dayton, Ohio 45479 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hilbrink, Johan Otto
    Blue Ash, Ohio 45242 (US)

(74) Representative: Robinson, Robert George et al
International Intellectual Property Department, NCR LIMITED, 915 High Road, North Finchley
London N12 8QJ
London N12 8QJ (GB)

   


(54) Retail terminal


(57) 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.






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