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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:
Aug. 18, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235462 ; 235470 ; 235467 ;
Abstract
A bar-code reader for reading bar codes on articles or commodities in supermarkets or retail stores has a scanning unit mounted on a vertically movable support post assembly and including a scanning system which emits a scanning light beam and detects light reflected from a bar code. The bar-code reader includes various indicating members, such as an indicator rod, an indicator ring, an arrow mark, a pattern mark, and a colored sheet, for indicating to the operator a direction, a position, and an area or zone in which to pass an article with a bar code in order for the bar code to be successully read by the scanning system.