Patents by Inventor Mitsugu Okawa

Mitsugu Okawa 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).

  • Patent number: 5520286
    Abstract: An open-top case is provided wherein an inside portion of the open-top case is separated by partition plates in a lateral manner, whereby several bank note storage portions are provided in the open-top case. Several openings are provided in an upper region of the partition plates. Accordingly, money handling for bank notes can be done easily even if the bank notes are small sized. Because an upper region of each of the bank notes are exposed at the openings regardless of the size thereof, it is easy to touch the bank notes at the openings even for small sized bank notes. Also the bank notes are reliably supported by the partition plates since it is not necessary to provide a wide opening in the partition plates for easy access to bank notes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TEC
    Inventors: Akinobu Murakoshi, Mitsugu Okawa
  • Patent number: 5058765
    Abstract: In the present invention a money case is provided with a drawer body having a plurality of open-top coin containers and a plurality of open-top bank note containers arranged therein and adapted to be received into a boxlike body. The money case includes at least one coin case and one bank note case with a bank note holding surface formed therein for holding bank notes such that they stand on their edges, in which the coin case and the bank note case are adapted to be selectively positioned in the drawer body and suitably set thereto by a setting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Gomi, Mitsugu Okawa, Norihisa Taniuchi