Electro-optical scanner module having dual electro-magnetic coils
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorsSimon Bard, Askold Strat, Paul Dvorkis
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Abstract
A scanner module for directing a light beam to scan an optically encoded symbol includes a scanner component and a permanent magnet mounted for joint oscillatory motion on a support to scan the light beam by a flexible, resilient member having one end connected to the support, and an opposite end connected to a frame. This oscillatory motion is induced by the interacting magnetic fields established by the permanent magnet and an electromagnetic coil driven by an AC current. Bidirectional light beam scanning is achieved by an additional electromagnetic coil.
Claims8
A scanner module for scanning encoded indicia with light, comprising;
- a) a support;
- b) a movable assembly including an annular frame and a scanner component for directing light therefrom, a permanent magnet for generating a permanent magnetic field and jointly mounted with the scanner component, and means including a flexible, resilient member having one end connected to the support, and an opposite end connected to the frame for cantilever mounting the permanent magnet and the scanner component on the support for joint oscillating movement;
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- c) an energizable electromagnetic coil for generating a magnetic field that interacts with said permanent magnetic field to alternatively attract and repel the permanent magnet and the scanner component to direct light from the scanner component to move in a one-dimensional scan pattern across the encoded indicia.
A scanner module for scanning encoded indicia with light, comprising:
- a) a support;
- b) a movable assembly including a scanner component for directing light therefrom, a permanent magnet for generating a permanent magnetic field and jointly mounted with the scanner component, and means for cantilever mounting the permanent magnet and the scanner component on the support for joint oscillating movement;
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- c) an energizable electromagnetic coil for generating a magnetic field that interacts with said permanent magnetic field to alternatively attract and repel the permanent magnet and the scanner component to direct light from the scanner component to move in a one-dimensional scan pattern across the encoded indicia, said coil having an annular shape and a passage extending therethrough along a longitudinal axis, and said permanent magnet having a magnetic axis extending axially in a transverse direction perpendicular to said longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.