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7023626 Optical device, lens and optical element for focusing a laser beam and apparatus and method for assembling the optical device  
The invention relates to an optical device for focusing a laser beam, comprising a source of emission of a laser beam, for example a substantially elliptic and astigmatic laser beam, a focusing...
6967791 Illumination systems and methods  
System and method for illuminating a target area with a desired illumination pattern. According to preferred embodiments of the invention, a cartridge-engaging assembly may be positioned adjacent a...
6940664 Document imaging system  
The present invention relates to the use of a camera and a structured light pattern in a platenless document imaging system ( 1 ) to capture the image of a page or of a bound book together with...
6859233 Auto focus mechanism in image input apparatus  
An auto focus mechanism mounts a target of reading on a manuscript board and moves an optical read unit which is long in a main scanning direction along a sub scanning direction to read an image of...
6808208 Food/drink tab/check holder  
A food/drink tab/check holder for making it easier for the customer to be able to read one's tab/check upon the receipt thereof. The food/drink tab/check holder includes a book having a front cover...
6775075 Lines on paper magnifying glass  
The invention discloses a magnifying assembly that may be clamped on printed sheets or pages in a book. The assembly consists of two part. One part is an elongated magnifying glass having a flat...
6747818 Image forming lens, image forming lens unit, original document reading module, apparatus and method, and image information processing apparatus  
An image forming lens for forming an image of an original document includes a front side lens group arranged at an object side and a rear side lens group arranged at an image forming side. The...
6717751 Image reading apparatus  
A size-reduced image reading apparatus for optically reading an image drawn on the document surface. The size reduction is achieved this way. Two light sources are so mounted over the document...
6574051 Portable reading magnifier  
A magnifying system is provided to aid in the viewing or reading of book, papers or similar documents by those with impaired vision. A magnifying lens with approximate overall dimensions of eight...
6552861 Optical guide fixture  
The present invention provides an optical guide fixture for coupling visual information on a surface to a viewer. The optical guide fixture of the invention can be coupled to an optical receiver,...
6542318 Testing stand for printing plates  
A testing stand for printing plates has an upright frame, a printing plate support having opposed lateral ends, and guide members connected to the opposed lateral ends of the printing plate...
6433941 Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus  
The present invention relates to an image reading apparatus which has an original supporting surface on which a sheet original is placed, reading means for reading an image of the sheet original...
6396648 Image reader which can shorten focal length in optical system having optical lens while keeping predetermined image reading width  
An image reader including a light source irradiating light to a reading object, a reading device reading an image on the reading object based on the radiated light; and a lens focusing the image...
6249390 Magnifying insert for a binder  
A magnifying insert designed particularly for a binder having separable binding members for securing pages of printed material therein includes a substantially rectangular panel having a pair of...
6166857 Optical guide fixture  
The present invention provides an optical guide fixture for coupling visual information on a surface to a viewer. The optical guide fixture of the invention can be coupled to an optical receiver,...
6023377 Golf card protective visual aid  
An aid for reading indicia, such as that printed on golf scorecards and protecting the scorecard from inclement weather. The apparatus includes a base panel, and a back panel connected together...
5986775 Image forming apparatus and document reading device having a single molded platen with stepped portions at opposite sides to guide document  
In accordance with the present invention, in an image forming apparatus, two document reading sections, a document conveying unit and a fixing unit are efficiently laid out so as to occupy a...
5903401 Reading unit and recording apparatus capable of mounting such reading unit thereon  
A reading unit provided with an optical system mounted on a recording apparatus to read a source document includes a housing having the optical system in it, a light transmitting portion arranged...
5856661 Credit card with magnifying lens formed with a radiation-curable resin  
A financial transaction card for reading externally stored information includes a transparent, substantially non-foldable rigid base and a strip for carrying machine readable information. The rigid...
5847884 Image reading apparatus  
An image reading apparatus which reads document surfaces of open book-like documents placed on a document platen in a face upward condition, the image reading apparatus comprises; a first detector...
5608203 Credit card with magnifying lens  
A financial transaction card adapted for use in reading externally stored information includes a substantially non-foldable rigid base and a strip for carrying machine readable information, The...
5585937 Image reading device for percisely moving optical components to provide relatively reduced and magnified images  
A reading unit for an image reading device includes a lens tube for forming an image of an object and a line sensor for converting the formed image into an electrical signal. A reducing/magnifying...
5434405 Credit card with a fresnel magnifying lens formed in a section of the transparent core  
A financial transaction card adapted for individual use in reading information stored externally to the card, having machine readable information contained thereon identifying the user and the...
5412199 Credit card with magnifying lens  
A credit card includes an integral magnifying lens positioned in the non-data area on the credit card for permitting magnification of the credit card transaction form at the point-of-sale. The...
5172279 Precision film input gate  
An elongated enclosure includes a number of apertures through which a film must be precisely viewed. A slider receives a removable film holder into which a film, such as a 35 mm slide is...
5119239 Magnifier apparatus and method for hand held video display  
A magnifier apparatus for use with a hand-held video display apparatus which magnifier apparatus has a frame with a magnifier lens, the frame secured to a support, the support releasably adapted to...
5101300 Magnifier reader apparatus  
Apparatus including a central housing plate with a floor plate mounted thereunder to define a slot therebetween. The housing plate includes an annular opening with a convex magnification lens...
5024510 Cartridge holder system  
A system for storing and selectively retrieving a recorded program on a cassette cartridge having an information disk for storing identification indicia on a recorded program, an information disk...
4594788 Light-tight combination micrographic map-reader protractor compass  
A movable film cartridge with at least one view superimposed by a protractor image on transparent film is further provided with a compass viewed through a prism at an edge of the field of view of...
4530570 Transparency viewer  
A device is adapted for viewing transparencies disposed circumferentially on a disk. It comprises a case (10) adapted to contain a disk (12). A pin (15) is adapted to mount the disk (12) for...
4506950 Viewing device  
The invention is a viewing device suitable as a novelty item or for such other purposes as a teaching or navigational aid. It comprises a compass and in its preferred form has a 360° panoramic...
4491434 Handheld viewer for transparency film  
A compact, handheld viewer adapted for use with photographic transparencies which are located within a film cassette in roll form, in a strip containing a plurality of individual scenes, or...
4422738 Hand-held map viewer and navigational aid  
A hand-held navigational tool including one or more maps, preferably in the form of photograhic transparencies, releasably mounted upon a base for viewing through an opening in the base and...
4331381 Magnifying device  
The invention comprises an adjustable magnifying device adapted for use on measuring instruments such as architectural, engineering or mechanical drafting scales. The device includes a vertical...
4293190 Transparency viewers  
The invention concerns a novel transparency viewer in which transparency images are viewed sequentially by movement of a viewing member rather than by movement of the images. It provides a...
4257180 Microfiche viewer  
A portable microfiche viewer is provided for viewing a selected image frame of a microfiche arranged in a cylindrical configuration. The viewer comprises a cylindrical translucent outer wall, a...
4234244 Portable microfilm viewer  
A portable microfilm viewer for viewing a microfilm contained in a cassette. The viewer includes a housing with a lens system mounted therein. The cassette is removably received on a film transport...
4168888 Film cartridge  
A film cassette for containing and displaying an endless loop of film has a housing constructed of two symmetrical elements, an end of the housing being deeper to accommodate a larger portion of...
4159836 Book holder and reading locator  
An apparatus with a holder body forming a flat surface with an angular support member to hold a printed publication at a convenient angle. The publication maintains intimate contact with the body...
4149783 Miniature map viewer with aligning reticle  
A miniature map viewer employing a magnifying lens and an aligning reticle disposed within the field of view of the lens is disclosed. The reticle is used for aligning points on the map and real...
4149776 Portable microfiche reading instrument  
A relatively compact, inexpensive and portable viewer for reading photogric reductions, such as microfiche film cards, includes a cylindrical translucent diffuser tube which provides for entry of...
4120564 Reading stand with magnifier  
A reading stand is provided having a base and holder for holding material to be read in a predetermined position. The base supports a frame which carries a magnifying glass in a position to magnify...
4094598 Micro display with magnifier  
An apparatus for displaying a magnified image having a console with a rear lighted projection screen, the console including a light source, a specimen holder, and a lens system for displaying a...
4094589 Data viewer  
A viewer has a telescopic housing and includes a lens system carried by one housing part and a plurality of correlated information sources supported by another housing part and arranged serially...
4082440 Compact microform reader  
A portable microform reader is provided with a microform carrier and a projection system for projecting an enlarged real image of the information carried on a portion of the microform onto a...
4076391 Magnifying reading device and viewer  
A body member arranged to be supported on a table or other support has a telescope-type magnifying device supported thereon. In one embodiment, the body member has a transversely movable reading...
4054373 Microform viewer  
This invention is a portable hand operated viewer for micro-fiches and other material with writing too small to be read by the unaided eye. A translucent table has a clamp for the reading matter...
4047806 Hand held microfiche viewer  
The microfiche card has micro images arranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns. The card is inserted into the slots at the fronts of the sides of the housing and can be moved to align the...
3966314 Microform card including surface locating structure for elimination of Newton ring color banding and card utilization apparatus therefor  
Disclosed is an improved microform card which includes a wear-strip spacer element structure located on the card surface in one of several configurations, some containing coded secondary...
3880495 STEREO VIEWING APPARATUS  
Stereo viewing apparatus arranged for focusing wherein the stereo viewing objectives are adjustable at a distance of an open space of peep openings of a frontal wall and therewith respect to the...
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