Mars, Incorporated

Mei, Inc.

Commodore Electronics Limited

Crane Payment Innovations Gmbh

Herb Mosteller

David Charles Deaville

Edward M Zoladz, Jr

Kenneth B Wood

George Robbins

Robert Daniels

Donald Kaminski

Yukiya Itoh

An apparatus for document processing comprises an optical sensor including a light source, a light detector and an optical element. The optical sensor is adapted so that, during operation of the apparatus, at least a first portion of light from the source that enters the optical element travels along paths in the optical element so as to be re-directed by total internal reflection toward the detector and wherein the total internal reflection is maintained when the optical element is wet. Signals form the optical sensor may be used to determine, for example, the state of a document storage cassette or the location of a document with respect to the cassette.

Document processor with optical sensor arrangement

A hook array for use with a currency validator is described. The hook array includes a plurality of tree-shaped teeth that form restricted openings between them. In an implementation, the teeth may span a currency passageway of a bill acceptor and be angled such that any string-like member attached to a bill will be trapped within a restricted opening to prevent extraction of the bill.

Hook array for a bill acceptor

CD-ROM video game machine

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Brandamore, PA, United States of America

Herb Mosteller