A device comprises a sheet bearing informational material relating to a rotary brush and includes a threaded rod fastened to one edge of the advertising material. The opposite end of the rod is secured into a threaded opening provided in the tool for connection with a threaded shaft of a driving apparatus in such a manner that the sheet of advertising material is erect when the brush is positioned on its working face.

An apparatus is provided for delivering assembly and machining expendable materials or tools. The apparatus has an internal continuous mechanism with different compartment rows arranged in rotary manner and to move past a removal door row. An embodiment having relatively stationary compartments and movable doors to align with a selected compartment is also disclosed. An inputting keyboard for the positioning of the particular compartment row in front of the removal door row also controls the unl...

An improved display fixture having removable retaining arms is provided. The fixture allows the user to quickly and easily replenish the fixture with display items, such as eyeglasses, while also providing the user with the ability to readily alter the location of items on the fixture. The display fixture is provided with retaining arms which are compatible with the desired display merchandise. The retaining arms are readily removable from and replaceable on the display fixture in user desired l...

A point-of-sale security system is provided herein. The security system includes a container for containing the product and a holder assembly, the holder assembly including a closure device for closing the container. The holder assembly and the container are operatively coupled together by means of cooperative members. The cooperative members being configured in a special way, i.e., when an associated stop member is enabled, the cooperative members prevent decoupling of the holder assembly from ...

A 2-color ink jet point of sale (POS) printer includes a converter for converting full color printing commands into commands for printing in two colors, a primary color and an alternate color. A three color image is possible when using the background color of the paper as a color. The printer includes a print carriage which contains only two print cartridges. The printer determines a location of the print cartridge relative to a print location of the image to be printed, and when the print cartr...

Activatable point of sale cards in which multiple cards can be mounted on a display sheet for use in display or shipment applications. Several cards can be included in the package, with each card being associated with a unique account. The card accounts may be conveniently activated by orienting a data field on the display sheet that is associated with the accounts which can be used to activate all of the accounts in one transaction.

A secure point of sale imageable substrate is disclosed comprising a heat sensitive recording material for recording confidential information. The heat sensitive recording material comprises a heat transmissive optically opaque paper support, a heat sensitive imaging layer coated on the paper support, a removable cover sheet, and a transparent layer or sheet positioned between the heat sensitive layer and the removeable cover sheet. A method for recording confidential information using such a se...

Upsells are made accessible to customers so customers may select upsells as they select items in their purchase. Each upsell has an associated rounding code. For example, the rounding code may be determinable from a bar code printed on an adhesive label that is affixed to the upsell. A POS terminal receives the rounding code, by scanning the label or other means. Typically, the rounding code is read in a manner similar to the manner in which items in the purchase are read by the POS terminal. Th...

A plurality of superimposed trays for containing goods are held together by clamp screw means. A base part is connected to the lowermost of said trays and a top part covers the uppermost of said trays. Spring-loaded plungers are adapted to engage said goods in respective trays and urge them in a predetermined direction. Each of said trays defines at least one opening which is arranged to permit of a withdrawal of said goods from said tray in a direction that is transverse to said predetermined d...

Associating and/or disassociating a mobile point-of-sale scanner device with a particular shopper. Shoppers may be identified, for example, using biometrics or by scanning a loyalty card. As an example of using biometrics, the shopper's fingerprint may be scanned as a trigger of the scanner is activated to scan an item's barcode. The fingerprint is preferably transmitted, along with the scanned barcode, to a server or other device for comparison to previously-stored information. The scanner is t...