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Sensor aligning means for optical reading apparatus

  • US 4,954,698 A
  • Filed: 09/02/1988
  • Issued: 09/04/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for optically reading characters from any of a plurality of record media having lines of characters at different heights, comprising:

  • a housing;

    means in said housing for defining a gap through which a record medium may be passed;

    optical reader means in said housing near said gap reading characters from the record medium passing through said gap;

    means for adjusting a height of said optical reader means including an adjustment dial on an outer surface of said housing; and

    means, visible from outside said housing, for indicating the height of said optical reader means, said indicating means being positioned adjacent said gap so that the indicated height of said optical reader means can readily and directly be compared to a line of characters on a portion of the record medium which extends out of said gap.

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