Patents by Inventor Ken Urata

Ken Urata 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).

  • Bill arranger
    Patent number: 6507769
    Abstract: The bill arranger of the present invention comprises: a loader for loading bills and feeding the bills one by one; a conveyer for conveying the bills fed from said loader; a discriminating device for discriminating the bills conveyed by said conveyer; a plurality of stackers for stacking the bills, which are conveyed by said conveyer, so that the bills can be removed; an operating device for selecting one of sorting process modes which defines a method of sorting the bills loaded in said loader; a controller for delivering the bills, which are fed from said loader, to one of said stackers, by said conveyer, based on the results of the discrimination by said discriminating device, according to the sorting process mode selected by said operating device; and displays, separately provided for said respective stackers, which can change displayed contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Urata, Masaaki Egashira, Yoshiyuki Kato
  • Bill arranger
    Publication number: 20020056958
    Abstract: The bill arranger of the present invention comprises: a loader for loading bills and feeding the bills one by one; a conveyer for conveying the bills fed from said loader; a discriminating device for discriminating the bills conveyed by said conveyer; a plurality of stackers for stacking the bills, which are conveyed by said conveyer, so that the bills can be removed; an operating device for selecting one of sorting process modes which defines a method of sorting the bills loaded in said loader; a controller for delivering the bills, which are fed from said loader, to one of said stackers, by said conveyer, based on the results of the discrimination by said discriminating device, according to the sorting process mode selected by said operating device; and displays, separately provided for said respective stackers, which can change displayed contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Ken Urata, Masaaki Egashira, Yoshiyuki Kato
  • Bank note sorter
    Patent number: D438556
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kato, Ken Urata, Hideo Atsumi, Keiji Sakai, Tadao Saito