Apparatus 1, in which {HEAD ~ the scanning means} comprises {TAIL ~ a sensor} having a selfscanning photodiode line array, and in which an image of the counting area and illuminated objects therein is optically reproduced in reduced size on said array 
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Apparatus 1 , in which { HEAD ~ the scanning means } comprises { TAIL ~ a sensor } having a selfscanning photodiode line array , and in which an image of the counting area and illuminated objects therein is optically reproduced in reduced size on said array
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