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Optical scanner aperture and light source assembly

US5038028A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 18, 1990
Grant dateAug 6, 1991
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/00885
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An aperture and light source assembly including an elongate aperture plate having a longitudinally extending, aperture defining slit at a top end thereof and a light source for illuminating an object to be scanned including a first elongate bulb and a second elongate bulb positioned adjacent opposite lateral sides of the vertically disposed portion of said aperture plate and below the top end slit therein; a connector and spacer assembly fixedly connecting the bulbs in spaced apart, parallel relationship; and an attachment assembly associated with the connector assembly removably attaching the light source to the optical scanner; and whereby the first and second bulbs are installable and removable from the optical scanner as a modular unit.

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