Conveyor belt in checkout lines « on: January 12, 2025, 09:12:58 PM » Author: Cole D.
In store checkout line with conveyor belt, what makes the belt start and stop moving? I would assume there is a sensor beam at the end that stops it moving when it senses an item. Although, I remember as a kid looking and seeing a pedal on the back side of the counter for the cashier to use, and a switch to turn it on and off. So I don’t know if it’s controlled by pedal or automatically by sensor. Also, some checkouts have another conveyor belt on other side of the scanner, that moves them to bagging area. So I don’t know if that one moves all the time or not.
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	Re: Conveyor belt in checkout lines « Reply #2 on: January 12, 2025, 09:58:41 PM » Author: Cole D.
Yeah that’s what I remember seeing many years ago, was light switch style switches with stainless steel plate. I’ve also seen somewhere, a rocker switch somewhere on top of the counter to possibly control the belt.
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	Re: Conveyor belt in checkout lines « Reply #3 on: January 12, 2025, 10:08:35 PM » Author: icefoglights
Toggle switch turns the on and off.  An infrared beam sensor at the end pauses the belt when products reach the end.
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	Re: Conveyor belt in checkout lines « Reply #4 on: January 12, 2025, 11:41:48 PM » Author: Baked bagel 11
The self checkout belts here they have an infra-red beam and sensor at the checkout end of the belt, you can activate it with your hand even! When there is no weight on the belt, it stops. You can push down with your hand and it moves when there is nothing on it. Not sure about the older ones though.
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	Re: Conveyor belt in checkout lines « Reply #5 on: January 13, 2025, 03:16:24 AM » Author: dor123
All conveyor belts in checkout lines here in Israel, operates by pedals.
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	Re: Conveyor belt in checkout lines « Reply #6 on: January 14, 2025, 10:25:47 PM » Author: Lcubed3
Every one I've seen in Portland operates solely with an infrared sensor. They move until the infrared beam is broken, then pause. After all the groceries have been removed, they move for a little while, then stop. When the cashier wants to start it again, she breaks the beam and it starts moving again.
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