DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RETAIL TRADE Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: automatic retail trade equipment using payments by means of plastic cards. SUBSTANCE: each retail trade device is equipped with retail station, which is connected to payment device which provides possibility to collect purchase cost by means of check book, electronic cash or to add money to electronic cash from check book by a maximal value of two sums, namely minimal cash addition value and difference between purchase cost and value which is stored in electronic cash. Claims of invention disclose operations of said devices. EFFECT: purchase by means of electronic check book and running automatic free access retail trade. 22 cl, 34 dwg