Patents by Inventor Junichi Atsuta

Junichi Atsuta 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: 7748513
    Abstract: A vending machine for discharging merchandises by inserting a coin to operate a discharge merchandise retention member by a handle. The vending machine includes: a notch provided at a front face of a body to open upward, and a control panel attached with the notch in a detachable manner, the control panel including the handle and a coin sorting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: T-Arts Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Atsuta, Tomochika Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20080135374
    Abstract: An automatic vending machine in which a discharge merchandise holding member is operated by operation power by a handle after a coin is inserted and a piece of merchandise is discharged by an operation of the discharge merchandise holding member, the machine includes: a discharge merchandise detecting section to detect the piece of merchandise to be discharged and to output an detection signal thereof; a display section capable of displaying a total number of the discharged merchandise since a predetermined time in a manner viewable from an outside; and a processing apparatus to determine the total number of the discharged merchandise on the basis of the signal of the detection outputted by the discharge merchandise detecting section and to make the display section display the total number of the discharged merchandise at a preset occasion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Junichi Atsuta, Tomochika Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20080133382
    Abstract: A merchandise discharge device body has a detection means for directly or indirectly detecting discharge of merchandise and an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), where the merchandise discharge device body transmits power of an operation member operated by a user to a discharge member, operating the discharge member to discharge the merchandise. The number of pieces of merchandise to be discharged, which number is obtained by the result of detection by the detection means, is stored in a semiconductor memory of the RFID. Merchandise management is performed by reading the merchandise data, stored in the semiconductor memory, by an external reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Junichi Atsuta, Tomochika Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20080017474
    Abstract: A vending machine capable of discharging merchandises by throwing a coin therein to operate a discharge merchandise retention member by the operating power of a handle. The vending machine includes: a notch which is provided at a front face of a box body and which opens upward, a control panel which is attached with the notch in a detachable manner, the control panel including the handle and a coin sorting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: YUJIN COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Atsuta, Tomochika Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 7172094
    Abstract: A packaged commodity dispensing device in which a package commodity dispensing machine is easily repaired and a packaged commodity is easily supplied and exchanged. The packaged commodity dispensing machine dispenses a packaged commodity; a frame into which the packaged commodity dispensing machine is permitted to detachably fit from forward; and a fixing section to fix the packaged commodity dispensing machine in a state of fitting into the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Atsuta
  • Publication number: 20050252926
    Abstract: A packaged commodity dispensing device in which a package commodity dispensing machine is easily repaired and a packaged commodity is easily supplied and exchanged. The packaged commodity dispensing machine dispenses a packaged commodity; a frame into which the packaged commodity dispensing machine is permitted to detachably fit from forward; and a fixing section to fix the packaged commodity dispensing machine in a state of fitting into the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventor: Junichi Atsuta
  • Patent number: D483072
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Atsuta