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Scanning module for a bar code reader with a focusing lens

US6648227B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 29, 2002
Grant dateNov 18, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/10653
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical scanning module for use in a bar code reader, including a frame, including a base and a vertical support; a scanning element mounted to the base and including a mirror disposed in the path of an unfocussed laser beam and mounted for oscillatory motion so as to create a scanning laser beam; and a focusing lens, mounted to the vertical support and in the path of the scanning laser beam, for focusing the beam on a target exterior to the module.

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