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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Yuri Gofman, Bohemia, NY (US);
Alexander Breytman, Bellmore, NY (US);
Lisa Fan, Commack, NY (US);
Howard M. Shepard, Great River, NY (US);
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
A scanning component in a scanner for electro-optically reading bar code symbols is mounted on a spring having opposite spring end portions between which the scanning component is mounted. The spring end portions are mounted on a holder. At least one clamp, and preferably a pair of clamps detachably clamps the spring end portions on the holder. Each clamp has a fixed clamping portion on the holder, and a detachable clamping portion movable from a clamped position in which a respective spring end portion is sandwiched between a respective detachable clamping portion and a respective fixed clamping portion during reading, and a detached position in which the respective spring end portion is free to be removed from the clamped position.