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).

  • Publication number: 20240279010
    Abstract: A paper sheet processing device that can smoothly send paper sheets into a machine body. A paper sheet or banknote processing device presses banknotes placed in an intake section towards a feed roller by a bill press and takes in the banknotes into a machine body, wherein the bill press comprises a main pressing section that is provided to be movable up and down in the intake section and can press the substantial center of the banknotes, and a first auxiliary pressing section and a second auxiliary pressing section that are provided independently of the main pressing section and can press regions of the banknotes other than the substantial center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Naoya UENOMACHI, Ken URATA
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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