Component for and method of sealing an internal optical compartment, and shock mounting a window, of an imaging reader
First Claim
1. In an imaging reader for electro-optically reading a target by image capture, the reader including a housing, a window supported by the housing, a chassis mounted in the housing and having chassis walls bounding an optical compartment, and an imaging module in the optical compartment for capturing return light from the target through the window, a component for sealing the optical compartment, the component comprising:
- a component body mounted between the window and the chassis walls bounding an opening into the optical compartment, the component body surrounding a periphery of the window and being constituted of a compressible material that is compressed between the window and the chassis walls to isolate and seal the optical compartment from the housing.
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Abstract
An imaging reader for electro-optically reading a target by image capture includes a window supported by a housing, a chassis mounted in the housing and having chassis walls bounding an optical compartment, and an imaging module in the optical compartment for capturing return light from the target through the window. A component seals the optical compartment and protects the window from shock forces. The component is mounted between the window and the chassis walls bounding an opening into the optical compartment, and surrounds a periphery of the window. The component is constituted of a compressible material that is compressed between the window and the chassis walls to isolate and seal the optical compartment from the housing.
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19 Claims
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1. In an imaging reader for electro-optically reading a target by image capture, the reader including a housing, a window supported by the housing, a chassis mounted in the housing and having chassis walls bounding an optical compartment, and an imaging module in the optical compartment for capturing return light from the target through the window, a component for sealing the optical compartment, the component comprising:
a component body mounted between the window and the chassis walls bounding an opening into the optical compartment, the component body surrounding a periphery of the window and being constituted of a compressible material that is compressed between the window and the chassis walls to isolate and seal the optical compartment from the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An imaging reader for electro-optically reading a target by image capture, comprising:
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a housing; a window supported by the housing; a chassis mounted in the housing and having chassis walls bounding an opening into an optical compartment; an imaging module in the optical compartment for capturing return light from the target through the window; and a component for sealing the optical compartment, the component having a component body mounted between the window and the chassis walls, the component body surrounding a periphery of the window and being constituted of a compressible material that is compressed between the window and the chassis walls to isolate and seal the optical compartment from the housing. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of sealing an optical compartment bounded by chassis walls of a chassis mounted in a housing of an imaging reader for electro-optically reading a target by capturing return light from the target through a window supported by the housing, the method comprising the steps of:
mounting a component having a component body between the window and the chassis walls, surrounding a periphery of the window with the component body, constituting the component body of a compressible material, and compressing the compressible material between the window and the chassis walls to isolate and seal the optical compartment from the housing. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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