Compact opto-mechanical layout of long-range dual-camera bar-code imager

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• a first chassis including a body defining at least one cavity, the first chassis including a chassis mounting portion;
• a second chassis including a body defining at least one cavity, the first chassis mounted to the second chassis by the chassis mounting portion of the first chassis;
• a near imaging system disposed in a cavity of the first chassis, the near imaging system including near imaging optics to capture at least one image of an object appearing in a field of view (FOV) onto an imaging plane along a near imaging axis of the near imaging system;
• a far imaging system disposed in a cavity of the second chassis, the far imaging system including far imaging optics to capture at least one image of an object appearing in a FOV onto an imaging plane along a far imaging axis of the far field imaging system;
• an illumination system disposed in a cavity of the first chassis, the illumination system including illumination optics to provide illumination to the FOV of each of the near imaging optics and the far imaging optics;
• an aiming system disposed adjacent to the illumination system, the aiming system including an aiming path cavity in the first chassis and an aiming light source disposed in a cavity of the second chassis to provide an aiming pattern along an aiming axis in the FOV of each of the near imaging optics and the far imaging optics;
• wherein the near imaging system is disposed adjacent to the aiming system on a side of the aiming system opposite that of the illumination system;
• and
• the far imaging system is disposed adjacent to the near imaging system on a side of the near imaging system opposite the aiming system.