Bar code scanning apparatus with rotating housing member
US5105070A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 10, 1990 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/109
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A portable bar code scanner includes a support member and a housing member rotatably mounted on the support member and having a pair of sloping supporting surfaces oriented at an angle to each other and a floor portion on which is mounted a reflecting mirror. One or both of the sloping supporting surfaces may include a transparent substrate. A source of scanning light beams such as a hand-held scanner is mounted adjacent the other sloping supporting surface for projecting a plurality of scanning light beams in the form of a scan pattern at the reflecting mirror which reflects the scan pattern onto the transparent substrate over which a bar code label is passed enabling the scanning light beams to scan the bar code label. The housing member may be rotated up to one hundred and eighty degrees to position the transparent substrate in a number of scanning positions.
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