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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. 21, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356356 ; 2502 / ; 250239 ;
Abstract
An optical type sensor has a light emitting element, a light receiving element, at least one optical element acting on a light beam emitted from the light emitting element, in an optical path till the light beam enters the light receiving element, and a spacer member disposed to define a spacing between the light emitting element and/or the light receiving element and the at least one optical element, the spacer member having a structure for being mounted to other member.