Patents by Inventor Atsuko Mizoguchi

Atsuko Mizoguchi 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).

  • Cash transaction machine
    Patent number: 5578281
    Abstract: A cash transaction machine performs receiving and/or paying transactions of bills by manipulation of a user, transfers bills between a receptacle where bills are paid in and out and a storage where bills are stored, and by using a sterilizing unit for heat-sterilizing bills being transferred, detects the temperature of the sterilizing unit with a temperature detector, controls the temperature of the sterilizing unit so as to be in a specified temperature range, and also controls the processing of transactions by, for example, temporarily stopping the transaction according to the detected temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Kadowaki, Atsuko Mizoguchi, Ryozo Nakamura, Riichi Kato, Kousuke Noda, Hiroyuki Kashiwada