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Laser scanner for bar code reader having a transparent light guide plate

US5266788A · kind A · utility

48Cited by
10References
28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 16, 1991
Grant dateNov 30, 1993
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Expiry dateJul 16, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/10871
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A laser scanner for a bar code reader has a laser source (41), a laser beam scanning means (31, etc.,) for scanning a bar code (B) on an object in a predetermined direction with a laser beam emitted from the laser source, a light emission window (25) for emitting the scanning beam toward the bar code on the object, and an optical detecting means (51) for detecting signal light reflected from the bar code. The laser beam scanning means and optical detecting means are integrally incorporated in a single substrate (20), and the light emission window is supported on the substrate by a transparent support (23, etc.).

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