Patents Assigned to Laurel Precision Machine Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8297399
    Abstract: The safety management system of the present invention includes: a driver authentication section which authenticates a driver of a transportation machine and outputs an authentication result; a health status determination section which measures blood component data of a driver authenticated by the driver authentication section, determines a health status of the driver from the blood component data, and outputs a determination result; and a motive power control section which permits or prohibits operation of the transportation machine by controlling motive power of the transportation machine based on the authentication result and the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouichi Goi
  • Patent number: 8292292
    Abstract: A paper sheet obverse and reverse side arranging device according to the present invention, includes: a reversible conveying section which includes a rotor reversibly conveying paper sheets in two directions opposite to each other, and two inlet and outlet sections provided in front of the two directions, respectively; a sorting section which is provided in an upstream conveying path upstream from the reversible conveying section, and which sorts paper sheets to either one of the two inlet and outlet sections; two guiding sections which are provided in the two inlet and outlet sections, respectively, and which guide paper sheets conveyed from the reversible conveying section; two guide conveying sections which convey paper sheets guided from the reversible conveying section by the two guiding sections towards a downstream conveying path provided downstream; and a control section which controls the reversible conveying section and the sorting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Onodera
  • Patent number: 8256604
    Abstract: A banknote processing machine includes: a receipt section which receives a banknote; a temporary storage section which includes a pair of first and second drums, and a tape wound between the pair of first and second drums, the tape having an end fixed to the first drum, a tape section for banknote sheets and a tape section for partition sheets positioned at a side of the end with respect to the tape section for banknote sheets, the temporary storage section releasably receiving a conveyed banknote by winding the conveyed banknote on the first drum together with the tape section for banknote sheets and releasably receiving at least one partition sheet by winding the partition sheet on the first drum together with the tape section for partition sheets; and a control section which causes the temporary storage section to release the partition sheet wound on the first drum, and causes the receipt section to receive the partition sheet from the temporary storage section, in response to the receipt section receiving
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taki Ohishi
  • Patent number: 8167110
    Abstract: A coin discrimination apparatus according to the present invention which discriminates a bimetallic coin having a ring part, and a core part provided on an inner side of the ring part and composed of a different material from that of the ring part, includes: a conveyor which conveys the bimetallic coin; a ring sensor which is arranged at a position where only the ring part of the bimetallic coin conveyed by the conveyor transits, and which detects magnetic properties; and a core sensor which is arranged at a position where the core part of the bimetallic coin conveyed by the conveyor transit, and which detects magnetic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiko Hibari, Masataka Takahashi, Takaaki Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 8155424
    Abstract: A coin detecting apparatus has: a light source for emitting a light beam onto either of two surfaces of a coin; a half mirror for splitting the light beam reflected on the surface of the coin into a transmitted light beam and a reflected light beam; a full area sensor for obtaining a full image of the surface of the coin in accordance with one of the transmitted light beam and the reflected light beam; and a regional area sensor for obtaining a partial image of the surface of the coin in accordance with the other one of the transmitted light beam and the reflected light beam. By doing this, it is possible to provide a coin detecting apparatus capable of improving accuracy in coin detection and shortening time therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masataka Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8113508
    Abstract: The invention provides a bill processor that substantially horizontally delivers bills one by one to an upper space of a stacking unit from a delivery unit, downward strikes and drops the trailing edge of a delivered bill in its delivery direction by impellers, and stacks the bills in the stacking unit. The bill handling machine has a regulating member that engages the leading edge of the bill in its delivery direction, which is delivered to the upper space of the stacking unit from the delivery unit. The regulating member can be changed in position in the delivery direction according to the length of a bill in the delivery direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Onodera, Toru Inage, Tomohisa Oe
  • Patent number: 8091777
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus for monitoring open/close statuses of open/close portions (5) of multiple money processing machines (1) includes: a reader monitoring apparatus (3) which monitors open/close status of the open/close portion (5) of each of the multiple money processing machines (1) by using an RFID inlet (6) and an RFID reader (4); and a control apparatus (2) for monitoring a processing status of each of the multiple money processing machines (1). If the reader monitoring apparatus (3) detects that the open/close portion (5) of the money processing machine (1) is opened, and if the control apparatus (2) determines that the money processing machine (1) is not operating, an alarm signal is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8083225
    Abstract: A banknote stacking apparatus includes a banknote stacking plate 1 on which banknotes are to be stacked, a first banknote press member 11 fixed to a support shaft 10 so as to be swingably together with the support shaft 10, a second banknote press member 15 which is formed of a synthetic resin sheet having flexibility, whose upstream end portion is fixed to the banknote stacking apparatus and whose downstream end portion is fixed to the first banknote press member 11 and a solenoid 27 for driving the first banknote press member 11 and the banknote stacking apparatus is constituted so that when a banknote is fed into the banknote stacking apparatus and the first banknote press member 11 is driven by the solenoid 27, the first banknote press member 11 is swung and presses a portion of a banknote close to the front end portion thereof and the second banknote press member 15 is swung together with the first banknote press member 11 and deformed so as to form a convex portion 15c projecting toward the banknote, wh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taki Ohishi, Masahiro Hagiwara, Masayasu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110049797
    Abstract: A banknote stacking apparatus includes a banknote stacking plate 1 on which banknotes are to be stacked, a first banknote press member 11 fixed to a support shaft 10 so as to be swingably together with the support shaft 10, a second banknote press member 15 which is formed of a synthetic resin sheet having flexibility, whose upstream end portion is fixed to the banknote stacking apparatus and whose downstream end portion is fixed to the first banknote press member 11 and a solenoid 27 for driving the first banknote press member 11 and the banknote stacking apparatus is constituted so that when a banknote is fed into the banknote stacking apparatus and the first banknote press member 11 is driven by the solenoid 27, the first banknote press member 11 is swung and presses a portion of a banknote close to the front end portion thereof and the second banknote press member 15 is swung together with the first banknote press member 11 and deformed so as to form a convex portion 15c projecting toward the banknote, wh
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: LAUREL PRECISION MACHINES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taki Ohishi, Masahiro Hagiwara, Masayasu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7882942
    Abstract: A coin bar storage of the invention includes: a casing; a coin bar tray that is provided in the casing so as to be drawn out from and stored into the casing, and that has a plurality of set sections in which set coin types are respectively pre-set to assign a coin type to each of the set sections; a set coin type presence confirmation section that is provided in all of the set sections of the coin bar tray, that respectively confirms whether or not coin bars of the set coin types is set, and that outputs a confirmation result; and a management section that manages a present amount of coin bars in the coin bar tray based on the confirmation result from the set coin type presence confirmation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Sakai, Eiko Hibari
  • Patent number: 7775864
    Abstract: A coin processor according to the present invention includes a temporary storage portion that temporarily stores coins, and the temporary storage portion includes: a conveyor belt; a one side conveyor guide that is disposed on one edge side of the conveyor belt in a width direction thereof; an other side conveyor guide that is disposed on an other edge side of the conveyor belt in the width direction with a spacing narrower than a diameter of a coin to be stored between the one side conveyor guide and the other side conveyor guide, and that slopes upward toward outside in the width direction; a drive portion that drives the conveyor belt; and a stacking surface guide that is provided at one end portion of the conveyor belt in a lengthwise direction thereof, and that slopes upward toward outside of the conveyor belt in the lengthwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Miyazaki, Mitsuo Sakamoto, Soichi Ozaku
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7588491
    Abstract: A coin processing device includes: a passage along which a coin is transferred from an upstream-end toward a downstream-end thereof; an opening formed on the passage; a gate including a guide section that constitutes a part of the passage while the opening is closed and has a stepped portion formed at a portion of the guide section which is closer to the downstream-end of the passage, the gate being tilted so as to lift a portion thereof which is closer to the upstream-end of the passage in a state where the opening is closed to open the opening; and a gate mechanism for causing the coin to fall though the opening by tilting the gate. In this coin processing device, while the gate is open, the stepped portion receives a portion of the coin in the direction of the upstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Harada, Shoichi Uda
  • Patent number: 7567175
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus for a housing includes: an opening/closing section provided to the housing; a detection section provided to the housing, having a wireless IC chip in which alarm information is pre-stored, and an antenna driving the wireless IC chip with a driving electric power induced by receiving a predetermined radio wave and wirelessly transmitting the alarm information outputted from the wireless IC chip; a reader provided independently outside the housing, and outputting the predetermined radio wave and receiving the alarm information transmitted from the detection section; and a restriction section restricting a transmission of the alarm information when the opening/closing section is in a closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7490823
    Abstract: A paper sheet storage and payout device, which, by winding and unwinding tape between a first take-up drum on which the tape is wound from one end, and a second take-up drum on which the tape is wound from the other end, with paper sheets placed thereupon, stores and pays out paper sheets. A separation mechanism is provided on the payout side of the tape from the second take-up drum, and during payout separates the paper sheets from the wrapping peripheral region of the tape wrapped around the second take-up drum. This separation mechanism is provided with a separation member which separates paper sheets from the wrapping peripheral region, and a sliding portion which holds the separation member, and which slides so as to track the amount of tape wrapped around the second take-up drum by bring into contact with the wrapping peripheral region a guide roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taki Oishi, Masaaki Egashira, Masaru Suwa
  • Patent number: 7481428
    Abstract: A paper leaf detecting device includes a plurality of sensors positioned at an oblique angle relative to a transporting direction of leaves of paper, the plurality of sensors being arranged in a single row that extends in a direction orthogonal to the transporting direction of the leaves of paper. The paper leaf detecting device makes it possible to detect information on leaves of paper by using their transportation to scan the leaves of paper in a direction that is orthogonal to the transporting direction. An increase in size in the transporting direction of the leaves of paper is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20080295152
    Abstract: A safety management system of the present invention includes: a user authentication section which authenticates a user of a particular facility and outputs an authentication result; a health status determination section which measures blood component data of a user authenticated by the user authentication section, determines a health status of the user from the blood component data, and outputs a determination result; and an entry regulating section which permits or prohibits entry by the user to the particular facility based on the authentication result and the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: LAUREL PRECISION MACHINES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kouichi Goi
  • Patent number: D641037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Inage, Junji Ebine, Tomohisa Oe
  • Patent number: D650007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Inage, Junji Ebine, Tomohisa Oe
  • Patent number: D652444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Inage, Junji Ebine, Tomohisa Oe