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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dwight G Westover, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bell & Howell Company, Skokie, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350255 ; 74110 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for linearly adjusting the position of devices, and in particular, apparatus for adjusting focus of an image on a light sensitive surface of an image sensor device included in an optical character recognition read head. The apparatus includes a first mechanism for adjustably positioning a lens assembly for adjusting focus at the image plane, and a second device for adjustably supporting the image sensor device for adjusting the position of its light sensitive surface to coincide with the plane of the focused image.