Abstract: A bank-note processing device (51), which prevents bank-notes received in a stacker from projecting into a bank-note transfer passage interfering with the next processing and which has a bank-note reverse-flowing preventive lever (80) that comprises, at least, a first lever (25) turnably supported through a first shaft (26) and having a length smaller than the outer diameter (21a) of a bank-note guide drum (21), a first urging means (28) for constantly urging the first lever (25) toward a bank-note transfer passage (4), a first stop (32) for preventing the first lever (25) from rotating toward the bank-note transfer passage (4) through more than at a predetermined angel of rotation, a second lever (79) turnably supported on the front end (25c) of the first lever (25) through a second shaft (74), a second stop (76) for preventing the second lever (79) from rotating toward the bank-note transfer passage (4) through more than a predetermined angle of rotation, and a second urging means (77) for constantly urging

Abstract: An electronic card and the shell for the electronic card. The shell includes a pair of mateable, hermaphroditic shield assemblies, include having a shield with latch structure to engage corresponding latch structure on the other shield; and a bar extending along an edge of the shield. The shell could also include a pair of mateable, conductive shield assemblies arranged so that the shell essentially encloses the printed circuit board for shielding. The electronic card assembly rotates to an angle of less than approximately 12° during a torque test applying a torque of greater than approximately 1.2 N-m; deflects less than approximately 3.5 mm during a PCMCIA bend test applying a force of approximately 20N; and displaces less than approximately 1.5 mm during a fingernail test applying a force of more than approximately 100N. Such test performance is achieved even without a printed circuit board in the electronic card assembly.

Abstract: A representative marker sensing section senses one representative marker from a frame shot by an image input section. A pattern dot sensing section senses pattern dots on the basis of the representative marker. A data dot reading point determining section determines reading points. With this configuration, once one representative marker has been sensed from the imaging frame, pattern dots are sensed on the basis of the representative marker and data reading points are calculated. This not only avoids an adverse effect of the disappearance of markers or the occurrence of erroneous markers and prevents the block data from being partially lost but also reduces the marker sensing process, avoids code reproduction failure, and speeds up the processing.