Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Hongou

Hiroshi Hongou 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: 4516015
    Abstract: An automatic money receiving and disbursing machine having the functions of receiving money from customers and disbursing money to customers from a box disposed within the machine. The machine is provided with a circulation path in communication with a transacting section to receive or disburse the notes therethrough. A portion of the circulation path is in communication with the disbursing box for receiving the notes disbursed from the disbursing box. Another portion of the circulation path is in communication with a note receiving box. A discrimination section is provided in the circulation path to discriminate the notes received or the notes disbursed. In the disbursing mode, when an abnormal note is found by discrimination, all the notes are discriminated again by passing the notes through the discrimination section via the circulation path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Assignee: Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isamu Uchida, deceased, Eiichi Kokubo, Kyoichi Osako, Makoto Yamazaki, Shinichi Imura, Junichi Arikawa, Kowichi Goi, Hiroshi Hongou, Takashi Shinozaki, Hiroshi Emori
  • Patent number: 4510380
    Abstract: An automatic money receiving and disbursing machine has two dealing openings through one of which the notes are received in the machine or disbursed from the machine. A discriminating section is provided for discriminating the received notes or the disbursed notes. Discrimination made through the discriminating section is made in a high grade or in a low grade. Two accumulating sections are provided between two dealing openings on a delivery section. These accumulating sections are used to temporarily store the notes. A receiving and disbursing box is provided for receipt of a specific kind of note. A disbursing box and a reject box are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isamu Uchida, deceased, by Chigusa Fujii, heiress, Eiichi Kokubo, Kyoichi Osako, Makoto Yamazaki, Shinichi Imura, Junichi Arikawa, Kowichi Goi, Hiroshi Hongou, Takashi Shinozaki, Hiroshi Emori