SCANNER, IN PARTICULAR A HAND-BACK SCANNER, WITH A MOUNTING BRACKET

Abstract

Scanner, in particular a back-of-hand scanner, with a holder, which essentially consists of a two-part housing with an integrated scanner and further assemblies for data transmission, with at least two commercially available, two-part or four-part push buttons being arranged on the housing of the scanner, which consist of a lower part and an upper part, which can be brought into operative engagement, the upper part of the respective push button on the underside of the housing of the scanner and the lower part of the respective push button are provided on a holder/fastening option for the scanner, characterized in that the push buttons (6) are made electrically conductive material and are designed as electrical interface contacts, on the one hand the upper parts (6) of the push buttons (6) of the scanner (1) have electrical connecting elements that connect to the additional electrical/electronic assemblies in the housing (2) of the scanner (1), while on the other hand lower parts (6) of the push buttons 6 of the holder (7) are equipped with electrical connecting elements (9) which lead to the additional electrical/electronic assemblies in or on the holder (7).

Claims

1. A scanner, in particular a backhand scanner, with a mounting bracket the scanner with the mounting bracket consisting essentially of a two-part housing with an integrated scanner and further assemblies for data transmission, wherein at least two two-part or four-part snap fasteners are arranged on the housing of the scanner, wherein the snap fasteners consist of a lower part and an upper part which can be brought into operative engagement, wherein the upper part of each snap fastener is provided on the bottom of the two-part housing of the scanner and the lower part of each snap fastener is provided on a mounting bracket/fastening mechanism for the scanner, characterized in that the snap fasteners consist of electrically conductive material and are constructed as electrical interface contacts, wherein on the one hand the upper parts of the snap fasteners of the scanner have electrical connecting elements which lead to the respective additional electrical/electronic assemblies in the housing of the scanner, while on the other hand the lower parts of the snap fasteners of the mounting bracket are equipped with electrical connecting elements which lead to the respective additional electrical/electronic assemblies in or on the mounting bracket.

2. The scanner of claim 1, wherein the electrically conductive material of the snap fasteners consists of brass with a surface of white bronze.

3. The scanner of claim 1, wherein the additional electrical/electronic assemblies in the housing of the scanner are designed as a scanner trigger or scanner battery.

4. The scanner of claim 1, wherein the additional electrical/electronic assembly is formed in or on the mounting bracket as buttons.

Description

[0009] The drawings show:

[0010] FIG. 1 A perspective bottom view of the scanner according to the invention

[0011] FIG. 2 A top view of the mounting bracket in the form of a glove for the scanner

[0012] FIG. 3 An exploded view of one of the snap fasteners

[0013] FIG. 1 shows a scanner 1 in the form of a backhand scanner. It consists of a preferably two-part housing 2 with an integrated scanner, further assemblies for data transmission, e.g. a Bluetooth/radio connection, and a scanner window 3, whereby on the top 4 of the housing 1, for example, an on/off button and viewing window for the status displays are provided. Two upper parts 6.sup.1 of commercially available snap fasteners 6 are attached to the bottom 5 of housing 1.

[0014] A mounting bracket 7 designed as a glove for the scanner 1 is shown in FIG. 2. On the back 8 of this glove there are two lower parts 6.sup.2 of the standard snap fasteners 6, which can be brought into active engagement with the two upper parts 6.sup.1 of the snap fasteners 6 located on the bottom 5 of the housing 1 by pressing the upper parts 6.sup.1 of the snap fasteners 6 into their lower parts 6.sup.2 on the glove so the scanner 1 can be attached to and detached from the glove. In the illustration, the upper parts of the snap fasteners are connected to electrical/electronic assemblies for triggering the scanner by means of electrical connecting elements. In this version, the scanner trigger is located in the area of the back index finger and can be operated with the thumb. The electrical/electronic assembly may be placed inside the glove or on an outer surface of the glove.

[0015] The structure of one of these snap fasteners 6 is shown in FIG. 3.

[0016] The snap fasteners 6 are made of electrically conductive material, preferably brass with a surface of white bronze.

[0017] This creates the conditions for the snap fasteners 6 to be additionally used as electrical interface contacts.

[0018] For this purpose, the upper parts 6.sup.1 of the snap fasteners 6 of the scanner 1 have electrical connecting elements that lead to the respective electrical/electronic assemblies (scanner trigger or scanner battery) in the housing 2 of the scanner 1 that are not shown.

[0019] The lower parts 6.sup.2 of the snap fasteners 6 on the mounting bracket 7 designed as gloves or the like are equipped with electrical connecting elements 9 according to FIG. 2, which are connected for example with a button 10 located in or on the glove.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS USED

1 Scanner

2 Housing

[0020] 3 Scanner window

4 Top of 2

5 Bottom of 2

[0021] 6 Snap fasteners
6.sup.1 Upper part of 6
6.sup.2 Lower part of 6
7 Mounting bracket

8 Back of 7

[0022] 9 Electrical connecting elements

10 Button