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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2007
John C. Gudenburr, Canton, MI (US);
Michael J. Moore, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
William L. Kozlowski, Novi, MI (US);
John C. Gudenburr, Canton, MI (US);
Michael J. Moore, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
William L. Kozlowski, Novi, MI (US);
Burroughs Payment Systems, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A manually operated document scanner and methods of operation and use are disclosed. The document scanner includes a document bed having a document positioning surface. The document scanner also includes a scanner module slidably attached to the document bed. The scanner module has a magnetic character reader, a first magnet placed along a leading edge of the magnetic character reader in a first direction of travel of the scanner module, and a second magnet placed along a leading edge of the magnetic character reader in a second direction of travel of the scanner module opposite to the first direction of travel.