Supermarket dispensing system for small costly items

摘要

At a console (1) prior to checkout, customers enter type and quantity of objects wanted and receive tickets (2) bearing this data. At the cash till (4), tickets are scanned by a reader (3) and data sent to an interface module (5), which sends it to the dispenser (6), located past checkout. Customers pay at the till, move on and receive objects from the dispenser.