Patents by Inventor Dwight L. Franz

Dwight L. Franz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Bar code symbol reading system employing EAS-enabling faceplate bezel
    Patent number: 9081995
    Abstract: An apparatus includes the primary components of an EAS system and a hand-supportable and countertop-supportable bar code symbol reading system having a housing with a light transmission window covered by an optically transparent faceplate having outer dimensions closely matched to the light transmission window. About the optically transparent faceplate, a faceplate bezel is mounted embodying a coil of electrically conductive wire having terminals connected to an electrical interface circuit, which is connected to a flexible EAS cable extending from the electrical interface circuit. The flexible EAS cable extends towards electrical drive circuitry associated with the EAS subsystem, for powering the coil during EAS tag deactivation operations controlled by the host computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Metrologice Instruments, Inc.
    Inventor: Dwight L. Franz
  • Bar code symbol reading system employing EAS-enabling faceplate bezel
    Patent number: 8381979
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for incorporating primary components of an EAS system into hand-supportable and countertop-supportable bar code symbol reading systems having a housing with a light transmission window covered by an optically transparent faceplate having outer dimensions closely matched to the light transmission window. About the optically transparent faceplate, a faceplate bezel is mounted embodying a coil of electrically conductive wire having terminals connected to an electrical interface circuit, which is connected to a flexible EAS cable extending from the electrical interface circuit. The flexible EAS cable extends towards electrical drive circuitry associated with the EAS subsystem, for powering the coil during EAS tag deactivation operations controlled by the host computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Metrologic Instruments, Inc.
    Inventor: Dwight L. Franz
  • BAR CODE SYMBOL READING SYSTEM EMPLOYING EAS-ENABLING FACEPLATE BEZEL
    Publication number: 20120193422
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for incorporating primary components of an EAS system into hand-supportable and countertop-supportable bar code symbol reading systems having a housing with a light transmission window covered by an optically transparent faceplate having outer dimensions closely matched to the light transmission window. About the optically transparent faceplate, a faceplate bezel is mounted embodying a coil of electrically conductive wire having terminals connected to an electrical interface circuit, which is connected to a flexible EAS cable extending from the electrical interface circuit. The flexible EAS cable extends towards electrical drive circuitry associated with the EAS subsystem, for powering the coil during EAS tag deactivation operations controlled by the host computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventor: Dwight L. Franz