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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:
May. 12, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1989
Charles K Wike, Jr, Ithaca, NY (US);
Richard E Anderson, Norcross, GA (US);
Jerry A McGaha, Gainesville, GA (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A point-of-sale data terminal device includes an optical scanning device mounted in one of the wall portions of the terminal device. In one embodiment of the invention, the scanning device is mounted in a support member which in turn extends outwardly from and is rotatably mounted in the wall portion enabling the support member to be oriented in a plurality of scanning positions. In a second embodiment of the invention, one or more scanning devices are mounted flush with a wall portion to project scanning light beams in a vertical and/or horizontal direction outwardly from the terminal device.