Document validator subassembly

US6994203B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MARS, INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Edward M. Zoladz, Jr. · West Chester, US
• Josef Huettner · Regensburg, DE
• Mario Wanninger · Regensburg, DE
• Markus Zeiler · Nittendorf, DE
• Ulrich Steegmueller · Northville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 2, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 7, 2006
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07D7/121
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A subassembly for a document validator. In an implementation, the subassembly includes a housing, a light pipe core seated in the housing, a light control layer and at least one light source. The apparatus may also include a prism structure layer between a top diffusing surface and the light control structure. The housing may also include at least one input light port on at least one end of the light pipe core.