A POS device includes a rotation shaft vertically fixed, a rotary plate provided so as to be rotatable about the rotation shaft, a rotating portion placed on the rotary plate and having at least a barcode scanner and a receipt printer, and a display device for clerk and a display device for customer both provided at the top end of the rotation shaft.
1. A POS device for automatically reading and registering information about a purchased item, comprising:
a rotation shaft vertically fixed;
a rotary plate provided so as to be rotatable about the rotation shaft;
a rotating portion placed on the rotary plate and having at least a scanner and a printer; and
a display device for clerk and a display device for customer provided at a top end of the rotation shaft,
wherein the printer and the scanner are caused to face a clerk side in a clerk operating time and face a customer side in a customer operating time by rotating the rotary plate by a predetermined angle, and
wherein the display device for clerk and the display device for customer are configured to be prevented from rotating.
2. The POS device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the display device for clerk and the display device for customer has a touch panel.
3. The POS device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device for clerk is provided with a keyboard for inputting an amount of money received from a customer.
4. The POS device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotary plate is provided on a clerk side with a switch adapted to control rotation of the rotary plate.
5. The POS device according to claim 4 , wherein the switch has a locking mechanism so that the rotary plate is fixed due to operation of the locking mechanism unless the switch is pressed, while, when the switch is pressed, the locking mechanism is released to allow the rotary plate to rotate.
6. The POS device according to claim 1 , wherein a settlement terminal is disposed adjacent to the rotating portion and, at a time point when a settlement card of a customer is placed on the settlement terminal and recognized in the customer operating time, a laser beam is emitted from the scanner so that the scanner can read a barcode given to the purchased item.
7. The POS device according to claim 6 , wherein a touch panel of the display device for customer displays an item button by changing a position or a shape of the item button depending on customer information stored in the settlement card.
8. The POS device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device for clerk displays an operating state of a customer.
9. The POS device according to claim 1 , wherein the scanner is a barcode scanner and the printer is a receipt printer.
10. The POS device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device for customer is an LCD having a polarizing film.
11. The POS device according to claim 1 , wherein the scanner and the printer are stopped at an angle of 45 degrees.