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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Simon Bard, Setauket, NY (US);
Yajun Li, Oakdale, NY (US);
Jerome Swartz, Old Field, NY (US);
Boris Metlitsky, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Joseph Katz, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Askold Strat, Patchogue, NY (US);
Harold Charych, East Setauket, NY (US);
Assignee:
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235454 ; 235470 ; 235472 ; 359214 ; 359225 ;
Abstract
To reduce the size and weight of an optical scanner, the present invention provides a mirrorless beam scanning unit. A flexible member, such as a multi-wire, flat, electrical cable is connected to the light emitter. Reciprocation of the light emitter during emission of light by the light emitter causes the light to scan a surface, such as a surface bearing a bar code label. The cable flexes during such reciprocation.