Patent ID: 8336781

Claim:
A fixing device for a hand scanner including a head section having a reading section configured to read a mark affixed to a commodity and a handle having width formed smaller than that of the head section, the fixing devibe comprising: a holding section having, from a part of a periphery to a center thereof, an opening formed wider than the width of the handle and configured to hold the hand scanner with the handle inserted through the opening; and movable sections provided to be opposed to each other in the opening and arranged to have width therebetween smaller than the width of the handle, the movable sections comprising contact members configured to contact the handle and elastic members configured to urge the contact members in directions opposed to each other with predetermined force and elastically move to reciprocate the contact members, and the movable sections and configured to move the contact members until the width between the contact members becomes equal to or larger than the width of the handle when the handle is inserted through the opening.