Patents by Inventor Hirohumi Haruna

Hirohumi Haruna 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: 8839938
    Abstract: The coin receiving and dispensing machine of the present invention includes a plurality of storing and feeding parts provided for each of denominations, which dispense coins to a coin outlet as required, and each of the plurality of storing and feeding parts includes: a first storing part which receives coins that are input and classified by one of the denominations; a second storing part which is provided parallel to the first storing part in a horizontal direction, and stores coins separately from the first storing part; a first conveying part which separates and conveys the coins stored in the first storing part one by one; a differentiating part which differentiates the denominations of the coins conveyed by the first conveying part, and counts quantity of the coins; a coin switching part which switches the coins differentiated and counted by the differentiating part to either one of the coin outlet and the second storing part selectively; and a second conveying part which conveys the coins stored in the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Laurel Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tokuharu Shimizu, Hirohumi Haruna
  • Patent number: 7494001
    Abstract: A coin deposit apparatus has a carriage section having castors detachable from a apparatus main body, and a carriage-locking section which can lock the carriage section attached to the apparatus main body so that a plurality of container sections are mounted onto the carriage section. A shutter which can open and close an upper aperture and a closed position locking member which locks the shutter at the closed position are provided to each one of a plurality of the container sections. A shutter-locking activating section which moves the shutter of a plurality of the container sections mounted onto the carriage section to a closed position and locks the shutter at the closed position by the closed position locking member is disposed in the apparatus main body. By doing this, it is possible to provide the coin deposit apparatus which can prevent problems in security management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Laurel Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohumi Haruna, Mikio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090042498
    Abstract: The coin receiving and dispensing machine of the present invention includes a plurality of storing and feeding parts provided for each of denominations, which dispense coins to a coin outlet as required, and each of the plurality of storing and feeding parts includes: a first storing part which receives coins that are input and classified by one of the denominations; a second storing part which is provided parallel to the first storing part in a horizontal direction, and stores coins separately from the first storing part; a first conveying part which separates and conveys the coins stored in the first storing part one by one; a differentiating part which differentiates the denominations of the coins conveyed by the first conveying part, and counts quantity of the coins; a coin switching part which switches the coins differentiated and counted by the differentiating part to either one of the coin outlet and the second storing part selectively; and a second conveying part which conveys the coins stored in the
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Tokuharu SHIMIZU, Hirohumi Haruna
  • Publication number: 20070072533
    Abstract: A coin deposit apparatus has a carriage section having castors detachable from a apparatus main body, and a carriage-locking section which can lock the carriage section attached to the apparatus main body so that a plurality of container sections are mounted onto the carriage section. A shutter which can open and close an upper aperture and a closed position locking member which locks the shutter at the closed position are provided to each one of a plurality of the container sections. A shutter-locking activating section which moves the shutter of a plurality of the container sections mounted onto the carriage section to a closed position and locks the shutter at the closed position by the closed position locking member is disposed in the apparatus main body. By doing this, it is possible to provide the coin deposit apparatus which can prevent problems in security management.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: LAUREL MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirohumi Haruna, Mikio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5518101
    Abstract: An unacceptable coin removing apparatus for a coin handling machine includes a rotatable disk for receiving coins deposited into the coin handling machine and feeding coins one by one into a coin passage provided with a reference guide rail and a facing guide rail facing the reference guide rail, transporting belts for transporting coins in the coin passage, sensors for detecting coins, a first projecting member which can be projected from the reference guide rail into the coin passage, a second projecting member which can be projected from the facing guide rail into the coin passage, a coin collecting opening and a controller for controlling the operation of the first projecting member, the second projecting member, the transporting belts and the rotatable disk. When the sensors detect an acceptable coin, the controller does not actuate the first and second projecting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tokuharu Simizu, Hirohumi Haruna