Integrated data reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system
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1. An apparatus for use at point of sale, comprisingan optical data reader having a plurality of optical scanning elements for reading optical tags being passed through a scan volume;
- a deactivator for deactivating electronic article surveillance (EAS) tags, said deactivator having at least one magnetic deactivation coil unit arranged to avoid interference with operation of the optical data reader, wherein the deactivation coil unit comprises a plurality of windings disposed around a central opening without a solid core, the deactivation coil unit positioned to permit the data reader to form a read path through the central opening into the scan volume,wherein the windings of the deactivation coil unit are arranged with a cross-sectional geometry that avoids blocking the reading path of the data reader through the central opening.
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Abstract
An integrated data reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system, and methods of operation. Several configurations are also disclosed for alternate deactivation coil designs and mounting schemes.
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1. An apparatus for use at point of sale, comprising
an optical data reader having a plurality of optical scanning elements for reading optical tags being passed through a scan volume; -
a deactivator for deactivating electronic article surveillance (EAS) tags, said deactivator having at least one magnetic deactivation coil unit arranged to avoid interference with operation of the optical data reader, wherein the deactivation coil unit comprises a plurality of windings disposed around a central opening without a solid core, the deactivation coil unit positioned to permit the data reader to form a read path through the central opening into the scan volume, wherein the windings of the deactivation coil unit are arranged with a cross-sectional geometry that avoids blocking the reading path of the data reader through the central opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16)
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7. An apparatus for use at point of sale, comprising
a housing; -
an optical data reader disposed in the housing and having at least a first window through which the optical data reader reads optical tags being passed through a read volume; a deactivator for deactivating electronic article surveillance (EAS) tags, said deactivator having at least a first magnetic deactivation coil unit disposed in the housing proximate the first window, wherein the first deactivation coil unit comprises a plurality of windings disposed around a central opening without a solid core, the first deactivation coil unit positioned to permit the data reader to form a read path through the central opening and into the read volume. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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