JP2001222764A - Cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem that there exist many unnecessary receipts since a conventional cash register issues the receipts with respect to the number of all the sales unconditionally without regard to whether a buyer requires it or not for the reason of the money inputting and outputting control of a seller. SOLUTION: An operation key switch 2 separate from an input part 4 is provided at a main body 20, and the issuing port 11a of a receipt 1 printed by an incorporated printer is provided at the main body 20. The receipt 1 is issued only in the case of pressing the switch 2 when the buyer requests the receipt 1 after inputting money input data an input part 4. Thus, a wasteful receipt is never issued to prevent the wasteful use of paper resource and to reduce rubbish being waste.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cash register for issuing receipts and counting sales at stores.
In particular, the present invention relates to a cash register having a function of issuing a receipt only when necessary.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional cash register stores information on the total number of sales in order to manage deposits and withdrawals of a seller. Regarding receipt issuance, all cash registers are used regardless of whether or not the buyer needs it. Issued for the number of sales.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional cash register, a receipt is issued unconditionally for all sales regardless of the necessity of the purchaser, for the sake of management of payment and withdrawal of the seller. However, in particular, in the case of a purchaser at a convenience store or a micro store, since the purchase amount is small, most of them do not require receipts, and many receipts are discarded, thus wasting paper resources. In addition, since recycled paper cannot be used as roll paper for receipts, unnecessary receipts are turned into waste and turned into garbage.

The present invention regulates the issuance of unnecessary receipts by providing the cash register with a means for issuing a receipt only when a purchaser requests it, and wastes (garbage) and waste of paper resources due to the above-mentioned causes. The purpose is to eliminate.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided an input unit for inputting payment data, a printer for issuing a receipt, and a control unit for operating the printer based on the payment data input from the input unit. In a cash register used at a store, the operating unit for issuing a receipt is provided, and the printer is controlled by the control unit such that a receipt is issued only when the operating unit is operated. It is assumed that.

According to the above-mentioned means, since the purchaser can arbitrarily set whether or not to issue a receipt, unnecessary purchase receipts are not issued and resources can be wasted.

The operating means in the present invention is a push button switch, a light sensor switch, or the like. The operating means may be provided in an input unit for inputting the deposit data, or the operating means may be provided at a position distant from the input unit.

For example, the printer and the operating means are built in a main body having the input unit and the control unit. In this case, it is preferable that the issuance port of the receipt printed by the printer and the operation means are provided on the back of the main body opposite to the side where the input unit is provided.

If the issuing port and the operation means are provided on the back of the main body, when a purchaser requests a receipt,
You can perform the issuing operation yourself. This eliminates the need for the clerk to ask the purchaser whether the receipt is required or not, and can promptly transfer money.

[0010] Alternatively, an external printer unit incorporating the printer is provided outside the main body having the input section and the control section, and the external printer unit and the main body are connected by a cable. In this case, it is preferable that the operation means is provided in the external printer unit.

When an external printer unit separate from the main body is provided, the receipt issuing port can be set in a direction in which the purchaser can easily receive the receipt. Further, by providing the operating means in the external printer unit, the receipt can be provided. Can be installed at any position outside the main body.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a cash register according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the first embodiment of the present invention and is a perspective view of a cash register. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the cache register shown in FIG.

An input section 4 for inputting deposit data and a display section 3 for displaying the deposit data are provided on the front surface 20A of the main body 20 of the cash register. The display unit 3 includes a first display unit 3a facing the purchaser and a second display unit 3b provided on the surface of the main body 20.
These display units 3a and 3b are constituted by a liquid crystal display panel or an LED display panel. The input unit 4 includes a key input unit and a touch switch panel. The input unit 4 may be provided with a barcode reader.

On the front surface 20A of the main body 20, a push button switch 2 is provided as an operating means at a position away from the input section 4, and an issuing port 11a for the receipt 1 is provided near the push button switch 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, inside the main body 20,
A control unit 10 is provided. The control section 10 is mainly composed of a CPU, and has a built-in register (storage section) for temporarily holding a plurality of input payment data. The deposit data input from the key input unit of the input unit 4, the product item data input from the touch switch panel of the input unit 4, or the bar code information read by the bar code reading device is stored in the control unit 10 Sent to Based on the data processing in the control unit 10, the purchase amount is displayed as a numerical value on the display units 3a and 3b.

The deposit data and the product item data are stored in a register in the control unit 10.
It is stored in a storage unit (memory) 12 provided in the main body 20. The control unit 10 can create, for example, total data of a daily total from the payment data stored in the storage unit 12 as necessary. Alternatively, the payment data input from the input unit 4 may be transmitted to a tallying computer via an interface provided in the main body 20,
Alternatively, the aggregation data may be transmitted to the aggregation computer.

The deposit data input from the input unit 4 is held in a register in the control unit 10. When the purchaser requests the issuance of the receipt 1, when the push button switch 2 is operated, the deposit data is held in the register. The control unit 10 controls the printer 11 to operate based on the received payment data, and the receipt 1 is issued from the issuing port 11a.

In the register, each of the deposit data inputted a plurality of times from the input section 4 can be held in order. When the push button switch 2 is pressed, the control section 10 causes the control section 10 to hold the plurality of deposit data held in the register. Deposit data can be called in order from new data. Each time the push-button switch 2 is pressed, the latest input data of the deposit data held in the register is called by the control unit 10 and the printer 1 is operated to display the receipt 1 on which the latest input amount is displayed. Is issued. The data corresponding to the issued receipt 1 is automatically deleted when the printer 11 is operated.

Therefore, after the payment data is input and before the next payment data is input, the push button switch 2
By operating, the receipt 1 corresponding to the latest input data can be issued immediately. Thus, Receipt 1 is issued only when requested by the buyer,
Unnecessary receipts are not issued and paper resources are not wasted.

It should be noted that the deposit data for which no receipt has been issued is retained without being called from the register, and when deposit data exceeding the number that can be retained in the register is sent to the register, the deposit data is retained in the register. Data is deleted from the oldest data. When the push button switch 2 is operated without inputting the deposit data, the deposit data held in the register is called in order from the new data every time the push button switch 2 is operated, and the receipt based on the deposit data held in the register is called. May be issued retrospectively. Also in this case, when a receipt is issued, the corresponding payment data is erased from the register.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
In the cash register described in the first embodiment, a perspective view (A) when a means for issuing a receipt in response to a request of a purchaser is provided on the back of the apparatus body, and a side view (B) thereof. .

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the front side 20A of the main body 20 provided with the input section 4 and the display section 3b and the reverse side 20B of the main body 20 are provided with the issuing port 11a of the receipt 1 on the opposite side.
And the push button switch 2 are provided. In this embodiment, the purchaser can issue the receipt 1 from the issuing port 11a only when necessary by pressing the push button switch 2 by himself / herself.

In this embodiment, the clerk or the like does not need to confirm the necessity of the receipt to the purchaser and can select the issuance of the receipt at the will of the purchaser. Can be done quickly. In this case, if the purchaser presses the push button switch 2 before the clerk or the like inputs the payment data from the input unit 4, a receipt based on the previous payment data may be erroneously issued. To prevent this, when the purchaser presses the push button switch 2, the control unit 10 receives the signal,
By pressing the current meter button, which is the last operation of the deposit processing,
By updating the latest data in the register and issuing the receipt 1 based on the latest data, the receipt can be issued after the clerk inputs the payment data.

FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of the present invention, in which an external printer unit 5 different from the main unit 20 having the input unit 4, the control unit 10, and the display unit 3 is provided. . The external printer unit 5 includes a printer 11
The external printer unit 5 is provided with an outlet 11a for the receipt 1 as shown in FIG. In this case, the push button switch 2 may be provided on the main body 20, but it is preferable that the push button switch 2 is provided on the external printer unit 5.

The control unit 10 in the main body 20, the printer 11 and the push button switch 2 in the external printer unit 5,
They are connected by a cable 7. The cable 7 is detachable from the main body 20 by a connector 8.

In this embodiment, the push button switch 2 can be arbitrarily set to a direction in which the clerk can operate and a direction in which the purchaser can operate.

[0027]

As described above, the cash register of the present invention can issue a receipt only when a purchaser needs it, regardless of the convenience of the seller's deposit / withdrawal management. This is excellent in that waste (garbage) can be reduced while eliminating waste.

Further, by pressing the switch for issuing the receipt by the purchaser himself / herself, the seller does not have to confirm the necessity of the receipt to the purchaser, and time loss can be eliminated. Furthermore, by devoting itself to the payment processing, accurate cash transfer can be performed between the clerk and the purchaser.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a cash register according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 2A and 2B show a cash register according to a second embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 2A is a perspective view, FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a cash register according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram schematically showing the internal structure of a cash register according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically showing an internal structure of a cash register according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 receipt 2 switch 3a, 3b display unit 4 input unit 5 external printer unit 7 cable 8 connector 10 control unit 11 printer 20 main unit 20A front surface 20B back surface

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A cash register used at a store having an input unit for inputting deposit data, a printer for issuing a receipt, and a control unit for operating the printer based on the deposit data input from the input unit. An operation means for issuing a receipt, wherein the printer is controlled by the control means so that a receipt is issued only when the operation means is operated. 2. The cash register according to claim 1, wherein said printer and said operating means are built in a main body having said input section and said control section. 3. The cash register according to claim 2, wherein the issuing port of the receipt printed by the printer and the operation means are provided on the back of the main body opposite to the side where the input unit is provided. . 4. An external printer unit incorporating the printer is provided outside a main body having the input unit and the control unit, and the external printer unit and the main body are connected by a cable. Cash register. 5. The cash register according to claim 4, wherein said operation means is provided in said external printer unit.