Patents by Inventor Fukashi Yanagisawa

Fukashi Yanagisawa 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).

  • Card conveyance mechanism having card discharge means for removing a card from the travel path when abnormal travel occurs
    Patent number: 5264688
    Abstract: A card conveyance mechanism used in a card reader so as to convey a card in a card travel path. The mechanism includes an abnormal card travel detecting device for detecting whether the card has jammed, and a card discharge device for discharging the card from the travel path in response to an output from the abnormal card travel detecting device. The discharge device includes an endless belt or chain (7) having a projecting pawl (8) which may normally be kept outside the card travel path by position detection sensor (9). The card may be discharged either to the card insertion port (4) or to a recovering box (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sankyo Seiki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Ryuji Matsuno, Fukashi Yanagisawa
  • Multichannel magnetic head supporting mechanism
    Patent number: 4631610
    Abstract: A magnetic head supporting mechanism for a card reader or the like allows the heads to "float," that is, to move in a direction normal to the surface of the card to compensate for warp or irregular curvature of the card while maintaining good contact between the head and the magnetic recording media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1986
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sanyo Seiki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Akira Kobayashi, Fukashi Yanagisawa