Patents by Inventor Tatuhiko Sonehara

Tatuhiko Sonehara 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).

  • Medium-reserving apparatus for receiving and reserving individually transferred media and discharging reserved media in a batch
    Patent number: 6019209
    Abstract: A medium or bill reserving apparatus of the invention receives and reserves at least one individually transferred medium or bill, and discharges the reserved media in a batch. The apparatus is formed of an accumulating wheel having an outer surface and a groove portion opened in the outer surface to receive a tip of the medium for holding. The accumulating wheel is rotated from a medium standby position to a medium release position. A clamper is formed in the accumulating wheel to clamp the tip of the medium introduced into the groove portion and to release the medium at the medium release position, and a medium-accumulating section is formed outside the accumulating wheel for accumulating the medium released at the medium-release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Hara, Hiroharu Yamamoto, Isao Kidokoro, Mamoru Yamagata, Katumi Ooe, Tetuji Kawasaki, Kazuya Nakayama, Yukihiro Takano, Tatuhiko Sonehara, Takanori Yamada