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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:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235454 ; 23546242 ; 23546248 ;
Abstract
A casing of an optical reader comprises a reading head and a handle. The reading head includes a frame portion having a bottom opening of a parallelogram. A first switch and a second switch are provided on the frame portion, adjacent to the bottom opening. The first switch and the second switch are placed symmetrically and diagonally about the center of the bottom opening. When the first switch and the second switch are pressed and the tip ends of them become flush with the frame portion, they are turned on. The optical reading is controlled in accordance with the combination of the signals outputted from the first and second switches.