Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Yamai

Toshiaki Yamai 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: 6250547
    Abstract: A cash register including printing means for printing receipt information onto one area of a roll sheet and added-value information onto another area of the sheet; perforator means for rendering, as the sheet is fed, the printed area of the receipt information and the printed area of the added-value information in a readily separable state; and cutting means for cutting out the printed sheet from the roll sheet, so as to issue the cut sheet as a receipt provided with the added-value information is provided. Further, the perforator means comprises a circular blade having a saw-teeth shape and coaxially mounted on a roll sheet feeding shaft arranged on the way of the traveling path of the sheet, so as to form, as the sheet travels, a perforation-shaped cutting along a boundary line between the printed areas of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiaki Yamai
  • Patent number: 5816550
    Abstract: Shelf mounting arrangements for electronic shelf displays or similar articles including electronic shelf display mounting devices for mounting electronic shelf displays onto showcase shelves and similar surfaces. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the electronic shelf display mounting device generally includes a shelf mounting member and an electronic shelf display mounting member. The shelf mounting member includes upper and lower mounting legs, an engaging portion having slits formed at different angles and a fixing portion for fixing the mounting legs to the shelf. The electronic shelf display mounting member includes a connecting portion having engaging projections for engagement with the appropriate slits in the shelf mounting member and an electronic shelf display mounting portion for fixing the electronic shelf displays in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Watanabe, Toshiaki Yamai