Patent ID: 7007844

Claim:
A reader for electro-optically reading indicia associated with objects passing through a point-of-transaction workstation having a countertop, the reader comprising: a) a housing supported on the countertop and having a window lying in a generally vertical plane when so supported; b) a rotary mirrored component mounted in the housing for rotation about an axis; c) a plurality of stationary, folding mirrors mounted in the housing and arranged generally about the axis; d) a light source mounted in the housing for generating a light beam; e) a light oscillator for oscillating and directing the light beam to the rotary component for reflection therefrom to the stationary mirrors for reflection therefrom through the window to the indicia to be read; and f) a drive in the housing for rotating the rotary component to sweep the oscillating light beam across the stationary mirrors and form a scan pattern comprising a plurality of scan lines at and past the window; g) wherein the stationary mirrors include a first pair of mirrors for reflecting first ones of the scan lines, a second pair of mirrors for reflecting second ones of the scan lines, and a third pair of mirrors intermediate, and tilted relative to, the first and second pairs of mirrors, for reflecting third ones of the scan lines at an upper central region of the window, thereby creating a full coverage omni-directional scan pattern for reading the indicia.