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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:
Sep. 26, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raymond T Hebert, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Paul A Conrotto, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micro Video, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250236 ; 350-69 ; 235467 ;
Abstract
A scanning has a spinning mirror and an array of peripheral stationary mirrors which generate a scan pattern for reading bar codes. The backscatter from the bar code is collected by the peripheral mirrors and focused by an imaging lens. A housing is provided over the spinning mirror to reduce windage. The drive motor for the spinning mirror is mounted in front of the of the between the peripheral mirrors and the bar code. A backscatter detector is mounted behind the at the focal point of the imaging lens.