Patents by Inventor Kiichiro Ikedaka

Kiichiro Ikedaka 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).

  • Coin wrapping machine
    Patent number: 7698880
    Abstract: A coin wrapping machine includes a discrimination unit which detects images of the front face and rear face of coins during conveyance, and which discriminates the coins, a sorting unit which sorts the coins to one of a first side and a second side based on the discrimination results of the discrimination unit, a stacking unit which stacks the coins sorted to the first side by this sorting unit into columnar form with a prescribed number of coins, a wrapping unit which wraps stack of coins in columnar form, and a controller which controls the sorting unit based on the discrimination results so that at least one of an outside face of a coin at one end of the stack of coins and a second outside face of a coin at the other end of the stack of coins is the rear face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisato Kasahara, Yasuyuki Nakagawa, Kiichiro Ikedaka
  • Coin wrapping machine
    Publication number: 20080083194
    Abstract: A coin wrapping machine includes a discrimination unit which detects images of the front face and rear face of coins during conveyance, and which discriminates the coins, a sorting unit which sorts the coins to one of a first side and a second side based on the discrimination results of the discrimination unit, a stacking unit which stacks the coins sorted to the first side by this sorting unit into columnar form with a prescribed number of coins, a wrapping unit which wraps stack of coins in columnar form, and a controller which controls the sorting unit based on the discrimination results so that at least one of an outside face of a coin at one end of the stack of coins and a second outside face of a coin at the other end of the stack of coins is the rear face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: LAUREL PRECISION MACHINES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hisato Kasahara, Yasuyuki Nakagawa, Kiichiro Ikedaka