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US3199079A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Apparatus for reading characters recorded on a carrier by producing corresponding electrical impulses

Assignee: Ruf Buchhaltung AG
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Filing: 1960-08-15
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Granted: 1965-08-03
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Expires: 1980-08-15
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kuhne Rudolf

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 06:56
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06V; G06V10/00; G06V10/10; G06V10/12; G06V10/20; G06V10/24

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 87 words
APPARATUS FOR READING CHARACTERS RECORDED ON A CARRIER BY PRODUCING CORRESPONDING ELECTRICAL IMPULSES, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID CARRIER, AN OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE FOR SCANNING SAID CARRIER, COLUMN BY COLUMN, INCLUDING AN OPTICAL DEFLECTING ELEMENT ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOUT AN AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND REMOTE FROM THE PLANE OF SAID CARRIER AND AN OBJECT LENS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID CARRIER AND SAID DEFLECTING ELEMENT, A LIGHT-SENSITIVE ELECTRICAL ELEMENT MOUNTED SO AS TO RECEIVE IMAGES OF SUCCESSIVE POINTS ON SAID CARRIER THROUGH SAID SCANNING DEVICE, A MAGNETIC
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 87 words
APPARATUS FOR READING CHARACTERS RECORDED ON A CARRIER BY PRODUCING CORRESPONDING ELECTRICAL IMPULSES, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID CARRIER, AN OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE FOR SCANNING SAID CARRIER, COLUMN BY COLUMN, INCLUDING AN OPTICAL DEFLECTING ELEMENT ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOUT AN AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND REMOTE FROM THE PLANE OF SAID CARRIER AND AN OBJECT LENS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID CARRIER AND SAID DEFLECTING ELEMENT, A LIGHT-SENSITIVE ELECTRICAL ELEMENT MOUNTED SO AS TO RECEIVE IMAGES OF SUCCESSIVE POINTS ON SAID CARRIER THROUGH SAID SCANNING DEVICE, A MAGNETIC

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-08-02 1969-02-01 1969-08-03 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1972-08-02 1973-02-01 1973-08-03 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1976-08-02 1977-02-01 1977-08-03 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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