Patents by Inventor Kentaro MUTA

Kentaro MUTA 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: 20210312746
    Abstract: Provided is a bill handling device including: a deposit opening into which bills are put; a withdrawal opening from which the bills are withdrawn; a shutter that is opened or closed to block or release an opening space of the withdrawal opening; and movable plates which are located on a lower side of the shutter in a closed state in which the shutter is closed, and are opened and closed with holding points set as fulcrums in an opened state in which the shutter is opened. The fulcrums as the holding points are located on a shutter side in the opened state in which the shutter is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.
    Inventors: Junji FUJITA, Masato HARADA, Kentaro MUTA
  • Patent number: 9905071
    Abstract: In order to improve the ability to feed paper currency from a deposit unit and to reduce the height of the device, this paper currency handling device (100) has a paper currency recognition unit (170) and a paper currency storage unit (200) (which does not include a deposit unit (120) and a withdrawal unit (140)) accommodated within a chassis section (112) of a vault (110), so that deposited paper currency is transported to the paper currency storage unit (200) and withdrawn paper currency is transported from the paper currency storage unit (200) as the paper currency passes through the chassis section (112). When the paper currency (B) is fed to a feed path unit (124) connecting the deposit unit (120) and an upstream deposit path (181), the vanes (129) of impellers (128) make contact with the paper currency (B) retained in the deposit unit (120), with the contact being on the feed path unit (124) side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI-OMRON TERMINAL SOLUTIONS, CORP.
    Inventors: Kentaro Muta, Takashi Yanase, Genta Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20170140598
    Abstract: In order to improve the ability to feed paper currency from a deposit unit and to reduce the height of the device, this paper currency handling device (100) has a paper currency recognition unit (170) and a paper currency storage unit (200) (which does not include a deposit unit (120) and a withdrawal unit (140)) accommodated within a chassis section (112) of a vault (110), so that deposited paper currency is transported to the paper currency storage unit (200) and withdrawn paper currency is transported from the paper currency storage unit (200) as the paper currency passes through the chassis section (112). When the paper currency (B) is fed to a feed path unit (124) connecting the deposit unit (120) and an upstream deposit path (181), the vanes (129) of impellers (128) make contact with the paper currency (B) retained in the deposit unit (120), with the contact being on the feed path unit (124) side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.
    Inventors: Kentaro MUTA, Takashi YANASE, Genta OGAWA