Patents by Inventor Takamoto Yokote

Takamoto Yokote 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).

  • Publication number: 20220081246
    Abstract: A medium processing device includes: a drum that is rotatably supported, that rotates around a rotation axis, and that winds a medium around a peripheral side surface thereof; a first tape that winds the medium sandwiched between the peripheral side surface and the first tape, accompanying rotation of the drum; a movable guide that is movable following a drum diameter of the drum, which changes depending on a winding amount of the medium, and that guides the medium; and a first static electricity elimination section that is provided at the movable guide, that abuts the first tape, and that performs static electricity elimination of an electric charge of the charged first tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto KONDOU, Takamoto YOKOTE
  • Patent number: 10492584
    Abstract: A medium storage box includes a guide member and a liquid spraying mechanism. The guide member forms a stacking space for a medium. The liquid spraying mechanism sprays a liquid from a liquid spraying nozzle. The liquid spraying nozzle has a pipe section through which liquid flows, a first liquid spray hole and a second liquid spray hole. The first liquid spray hole sprays liquid in a direction that intersects an extension direction of the pipe section at substantially a right angle. The second liquid spray hole sprays liquid in a direction that is approximately the extension direction of the pipe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamoto Yokote, Masashi Kashiwabuchi, Hiroshi Yokokawa
  • Patent number: 10267081
    Abstract: A medium handling device is provided including a stage on which a rectangular shaped medium is stacked in an vertical direction, and a liquid spraying mechanism including plural liquid spray nozzles that extend along the vertical direction and that spray a liquid at a medium stacked on an upper face of the stage. The plural liquid spray nozzles are respectively provided at positions facing at least three side edges of the stacked medium, and each of the plural liquid spray nozzles is disposed so as to spray the liquid at a specific spray angle with respect to the respective facing side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamoto Yokote, Masashi Kashiwabuchi, Hiroshi Yokokawa
  • Patent number: 10260273
    Abstract: The degrees of freedom are increased for the layout for a member (for example, an upper guide or the like that restricts an up-down direction position of a medium) to be disposed above a storage space for storing a paper sheet-shaped medium, and a disposable space for the member is enlarged. A medium storage box having an internal storage space for storing a paper sheet-shaped medium includes an upper installation member (for example, a lid section) that is disposed above the storage space, and a liquid ejection mechanism that ejects liquid from a liquid ejection nozzle. A liquid ejection direction of the liquid ejection nozzle is set in a direction toward a lower face of the upper installation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamoto Yokote, Hirokazu Komatsu
  • Patent number: 10192385
    Abstract: To provide a banknote processing apparatus for reducing occurrence of part damage involved by movement of a unit. Provided is a banknote processing apparatus including: a first unit (10); a second unit (30); and a pair of transfer guides (20) configured to form a transfer conveyance path on which a banknote is conveyed between the first unit (10) and the second unit (30). The transfer conveyance path is formed between the pair of transfer guides (20). The transfer guide (20) has a first edge (26) at an opposite side to the transfer conveyance path and at the first unit (10) side, the first edge (26) coming closer to the transfer conveyance path as the first edge (26) nears an end at the first unit (10) side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takamoto Yokote
  • Publication number: 20180151019
    Abstract: A medium storage box with an internal storage space for storing a medium includes a frame, that is an inner structural body of the medium storage box, a banknote guide that forms the storage space, and a battery that supplies power to desired configuration elements. The banknote guide is attachable to and removable from the frame. The battery is disposed between the frame and the banknote guide. The banknote guide is attached to the frame so as to function as a cover that completely or partially covers one side of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi KASHIWABUCHI, Hiroshi YOKOKAWA, Takamoto YOKOTE
  • Publication number: 20180140068
    Abstract: A medium storage box includes a guide member and a liquid spraying mechanism. The guide member forms a stacking space for a medium. The liquid spraying mechanism sprays a liquid from a liquid spraying nozzle. The liquid spraying nozzle has a pipe section through which liquid flows, a first liquid spray hole and a second liquid spray hole. The first liquid spray hole sprays liquid in a direction that intersects an extension direction of the pipe section at substantially a right angle. The second liquid spray hole sprays liquid in a direction that is approximately the extension direction of the pipe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamoto YOKOTE, Masashi KASHIWABUCHI, Hiroshi YOKOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170356233
    Abstract: The degrees of freedom are increased for the layout for a member (for example, an upper guide or the like that restricts an up-down direction position of a medium) to be disposed above a storage space for storing a paper sheet-shaped medium, and a disposable space for the member is enlarged. A medium storage box having an internal storage space for storing a paper sheet-shaped medium includes an upper installation member (for example, a lid section) that is disposed above the storage space, and a liquid ejection mechanism that ejects liquid from a liquid ejection nozzle. A liquid ejection direction of the liquid ejection nozzle is set in a direction toward a lower face of the upper installation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamoto YOKOTE, Hirokazu KOMATSU
  • Patent number: 9734650
    Abstract: A banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus causes a control section to function as an inserted medium counting unit, a normal medium counting unit and an abnormal mediums number calculation unit. The normal medium counting unit again feeds out and conveys banknotes from the banknote deposit and withdrawal section to the verification section in a quantity corresponding to the number of inserted banknotes, conveys abnormal banknotes that are verified as abnormal by the verification section to the banknote deposit and withdrawal section together with following banknotes but conveys normal banknotes that are verified as normal by the verification section to the temporary holding section and retains the normal banknotes therein, and counts a number of normal banknotes. The abnormal mediums number calculation unit subtracts the number of normal banknotes from the number of inserted banknotes to calculate an abnormal banknotes number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Togiya, Takamoto Yokote, Satoru Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20170228957
    Abstract: A medium handling device is provided including a stage on which a rectangular shaped medium is stacked in an vertical direction, and a liquid spraying mechanism including plural liquid spray nozzles that extend along the vertical direction and that spray a liquid at a medium stacked on an upper face of the stage. The plural liquid spray nozzles are respectively provided at positions facing at least three side edges of the stacked medium, and each of the plural liquid spray nozzles is disposed so as to spray the liquid at a specific spray angle with respect to the respective facing side edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamoto YOKOTE, Masashi KASHIWABUCHI, Hiroshi YOKOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170116811
    Abstract: To provide a banknote processing apparatus for reducing occurrence of part damage involved by movement of a unit. Provided is a banknote processing apparatus including: a first unit (10); a second unit (30); and a pair of transfer guides (20) configured to form a transfer conveyance path on which a banknote is conveyed between the first unit (10) and the second unit (30). The transfer conveyance path is formed between the pair of transfer guides (20). The transfer guide (20) has a first edge (26) at an opposite side to the transfer conveyance path and at the first unit (10) side, the first edge (26) coming closer to the transfer conveyance path as the first edge (26) nears an end at the first unit (10) side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takamoto YOKOTE
  • Patent number: 9592978
    Abstract: The present invention provides a medium protection device and a medium separating and stacking device capable of avoiding damage to a medium when moving the medium along a guide. In a banknote cassette, a guide body is attached to a circumferential side face of a central body of a tongue piece roller in a range not provided with tongue pieces. When feeding out banknotes, the banknote cassette stops the tongue piece roller in a retracted state, thereby positioning an outer circumferential face of the guide body in the vicinity of the surface of a front upper curved portion of a hole in the conveyance guide, such that the hole can be placed in an almost completely blocked state. The present invention can accordingly prevent the vicinity of a corner of a banknote from entering the hole, enabling creasing during conveyance to be forestalled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Suetaka, Takamoto Yokote, Satoru Iwasaki, Hajime Togiya
  • Publication number: 20160101953
    Abstract: The present invention provides a medium protection device and a medium separating and stacking device capable of avoiding damage to a medium when moving the medium along a guide. In a banknote cassette, a guide body is attached to a circumferential side face of a central body of a tongue piece roller in a range not provided with tongue pieces. When feeding out banknotes, the banknote cassette stops the tongue piece roller in a retracted state, thereby positioning an outer circumferential face of the guide body in the vicinity of the surface of a front upper curved portion of a hole in the conveyance guide, such that the hole can be placed in an almost completely blocked state. The present invention can accordingly prevent the vicinity of a corner of a banknote from entering the hole, enabling creasing during conveyance to be forestalled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio SUETAKA, Takamoto YOKOTE, Satoru IWASAKI, Hajime TOGIYA
  • Publication number: 20150356808
    Abstract: A banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus causes a control section to function as an inserted medium counting unit, a normal medium counting unit and an abnormal mediums number calculation unit. The normal medium counting unit again feeds out and conveys banknotes from the banknote deposit and withdrawal section to the verification section in a quantity corresponding to the number of inserted banknotes, conveys abnormal banknotes that are verified as abnormal by the verification section to the banknote deposit and withdrawal section together with following banknotes but conveys normal banknotes that are verified as normal by the verification section to the temporary holding section and retains the normal banknotes therein, and counts a number of normal banknotes. The abnormal mediums number calculation unit subtracts the number of normal banknotes from the number of inserted banknotes to calculate an abnormal banknotes number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime TOGIYA, Takamoto YOKOTE, Satoru IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 8967612
    Abstract: A medium processing device includes holding section that temporarily retains a medium therein. A gear inside the holding section drives a mechanism that stores the medium into and feeds out from the holding section. A main body includes a mounting location at which the holding section is mounted, and transfers the medium to and from the holding section at a time at which the holding section is mounted. An operation knob transmits, to the gear, a rotary operation applied from outside the holding section. An operation restriction portion at the main body, blocks transmission of the rotary operation from the knob to the gear in a mounted state in which the holding section is mounted at the mounting location, and allows transmission of the rotary operation from the knob to the gear in a detached state in which the holding section is detached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takamoto Yokote
  • Patent number: 8905220
    Abstract: A banknote deposit and withdrawal machine uses an interlock switch to detect whether or not a lower unit has been pulled out from a safe housing, uses a lock sensor to detect at least two states among a locked state, a half-locked state, and a pulled-out state, and uses a banknote control unit to distinguish between the three states of the locked state, the half-locked state, and the pulled-out state on the basis of the result of detection by the interlock switch and the result of detection by the lock sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takamoto Yokote
  • Patent number: 8844805
    Abstract: A medium processing apparatus comprises a casing surrounded by a partitioning wall with an opening; a reel on which tape is wound; a fold-back section provided on an opposite side of the medium processing apparatus to the reel, so as to folded back the tape pulled out from the reel; a drum in the casing to be rotatable such that a rectangular shaped medium fed in the casing is wound onto the drum together with the tape that has been folded back on itself by the fold-back section; a winding guide provided further to a drum side than the tape, the winding guide closes off an internal space of the casing from the outside and presses the tape and the medium against a peripheral face of the drum; and an opening and closing section configuring a portion of the winding guide and opening or closing off the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takamoto Yokote
  • Publication number: 20140191466
    Abstract: A medium processing device includes holding section that temporarily retains a medium therein. A gear inside the holding section drives a mechanism that stores the medium into and feeds out from the holding section. A main body includes a mounting location at which the holding section is mounted, and transfers the medium to and from the holding section at a time at which the holding section is mounted. An operation knob transmits, to the gear, a rotary operation applied from outside the holding section. An operation restriction portion at the main body, blocks transmission of the rotary operation from the knob to the gear in a mounted state in which the holding section is mounted at the mounting location, and allows transmission of the rotary operation from the knob to the gear in a detached state in which the holding section is detached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventor: Takamoto Yokote
  • Publication number: 20140069768
    Abstract: A banknote deposit and withdrawal machine uses an interlock switch to detect whether or not a lower unit has been pulled out from a safe housing, uses a lock sensor to detect at least two states among a locked state, a half-locked state, and a pulled-out state, and uses a banknote control unit to distinguish between the three states of the locked state, the half-locked state, and the pulled-out state on the basis of the result of detection by the interlock switch and the result of detection by the lock sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventor: Takamoto Yokote
  • Patent number: 8567774
    Abstract: Provided is a means for stably accumulating the bills to be paid out to a customer. A bill press (26) has a dog-leg shape composed of a supporting face (26a) facing bills and an inclined face (26b) inclined in a direction away from the bills above the supporting face (26a), has two sliding pins (30) lined up along a movement direction on a side face thereof, and has a sliding groove (35) at the side of the bill press (26). A bent portion (35a) is provided at one end of the sliding groove (35) on the side of an accumulating tongue piece roller (28). When the bills to be paid out to a customer are accumulated in a bill deposit/withdrawal unit (10), the bill press (26) turns so that the sliding pins (30) on the side of the accumulating tongue piece roller (28) enter the bent portion (35a), and thereby the supporting face (26a) is inclined toward the accumulating tongue piece roller (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamoto Yokote, Hajime Togiya