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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:
Apr. 16, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235462 ; 235376 ; 235449 ; 235467 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method have been conceived whereby cut sheets having a bar code printed thereon can be read while such sheets are moving. A fixed scanner for reading the bar code has an elongated window such that a light beam being generated by the scanner will have a width that is no greater than the width of the smallest space between adjacent bars of the symbol. Because of the elongated configuration of the light beam, sufficient reflectivity occurs such that a good reading can be obtained with the use of such a fixed beam scanner.