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Apparatus for collecting, transmitting and processing data stored in code, preferably in bar code

  • US 4,418,277 A
  • Filed: 11/18/1981
  • Issued: 11/29/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An improved apparatus for collecting, transmitting, and processing data stored in a code such as a bar code, said apparatus including a portable wand reader with processing and transmitting units for radiating information in the form of electromagnetic waves, a stationary receiver physically separated from the wand reader, and a data processor coupled to the stationary receiver, wherein the improvement comprises:

  • the wand reader also has a receiving unit, the stationary receiver is part of a stationary receiving/transmitting unit which includes a transmitter for the receiver of the wand reader, and a plurality of physically separated stationary receiving/transmitting units connected in parallel to one another are associated with the wand reader, the receiving/transmitting units being coupled to the data processor for the processing and storing of the data and the data transfer occurring both ways from the wand reader to the data processor and vice versa.

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