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