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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:
Feb. 02, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shuji Ueda, Neyagawa, JP;
Shoro Mochida, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235462 ; 235472 ;
Abstract
Emitted light of a light emitting device (3) placed interiorly of a transparent cylindrical member (1) is reflected by a flat mirror (8) formed on an end of the transparent cylindrical member (1), then the reflected light is focused on a bar code (41) to be detected by an elliptical mirror (11) formed on the side (11A) of the cylindrical member (1), and reflected light from the bar code (41) is converged on a light receiving device (2) disposed interiorly of the cylindrical member (1) by a convex lens (9) which is formed on the other end of the transparent cylindrical member (1).