Patent ID: 8459558

Claim:
A device for optically scanning a machine-readable marking applied to an object comprising a transport apparatus to transport the object in a transport direction, the object being supported on the transport apparatus at the underside of the object, the transport apparatus containing a first transport belt with a first upper strand and a second transport belt with a second upper strand, wherein a gap is formed between the first transport belt and the second transport belt which is arranged ahead of the first transport belt in the transport direction, and a scanning apparatus for scanning the machine-readable marking, wherein the scanning apparatus has at least one scanning element associated with the gap, wherein the first upper strand and the second upper strand are arranged to have a height offset relative to each other such that that the underside of the object can be scanned by the scanning element by tipping the object when the object is transferred from the first transport belt to the second transport belt; wherein end faces of the first transport belt and of the second transport belt facing each other in the transport direction are arranged overlapping at least in sections.