Optical scanner
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1. An optical scanner comprising a scanner housing including a scan window, a laser light source, reflected light detector, a pivotable mount where one side of the mount is mounted to a fixed support and the other side of the mount is mounted to a movable support and a mirrored polygon spinner mounted to the pivotable mount and arranged both to spin around an axis of rotation and to move so as to displace said axis of rotation.
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An optical scanner includes a scanner housing including a scan window, a laser light source, reflected light detector and a mirrored polygon spinner. The spinner is arranged both to spin around an axis of rotation and to move so as to displace said axis of rotation.
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- 1. An optical scanner comprising a scanner housing including a scan window, a laser light source, reflected light detector, a pivotable mount where one side of the mount is mounted to a fixed support and the other side of the mount is mounted to a movable support and a mirrored polygon spinner mounted to the pivotable mount and arranged both to spin around an axis of rotation and to move so as to displace said axis of rotation.
- 8. A mirrored polygon spinner assembly, for use with an optical scanner, the assembly comprising a pivotable mount where one side of the mount is mounted to a fixed support and the other side of the mount is mounted to a movable support, a spinner mounted to the pivotable mount and a means of rotating the spinner, the spinner being arranged both to spin around an axis of rotation and to move so as to displace said axis of rotation.
- 12. A method of scanning a bar code utilizing an optical scanner comprising a scanner housing including a scan window, a laser light source, reflected light detector, a pivotable mount where one side of the mount is mounted to a fixed support and the other side of the mount is mounted to a movable support and a mirrored polygon spinner mounted to the pivotable mount and arranged both to spin around an axis of rotation and to move so as to displace said axis of rotation, the method comprising positioning the bar code within the scan volume and moving the spinner so as to displace the axis of rotation which in turn causes movement of the scan lines orthogonally to the direction of said scan lines.
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