Patents by Inventor Akura Onishi

Akura Onishi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automatic vending machine
    Patent number: 4273253
    Abstract: A product rack structure for an automatic vending machine for cylindrically-shaped product items including a movable rack board disposed opposite one sidewall of the rack housing. Product supporting members are provided opposite one another on the rack board and sidewall. To vend a product item, the rack board is reciprocated once up and down. The vertical pitch of the supporting members, the horizontal spacing between supporting members and the stroke length of the rack board are determined such that each product item drops by one space for each reciprocation of the rack board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Tanaka, Kazuhira Nakajima, Kaoru Yamaguchi, Shinji Hara, Morihiro Murata, Tetuyosi Nakazima, Hirosi Matuo, Akura Onishi, Kazuo Hirano