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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:
Dec. 19, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Aaron Shafir, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
Shafir Production Systems Ltd., Raanana, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359201 ; 359213 ; 359226 ; 356376 ; 128779 ;
Abstract
A three-dimensional, non-contact scanning apparatus for scanning an object, particularly a foot, includes a holder for the object to be scanned, a main carriage movable linearly towards and away from the holder and the object when held thereon, a rotatable carriage rotatably mounted on the main carriage and formed with an opening for accommodating the holder and the object when held thereby, and an optical-beam scanner carried by the rotatable carriage to rotate therewith so as to scan the object by an optical beam outputted by the scanner.