Patents by Inventor Masauuki Tamura

Masauuki Tamura 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).

  • Inventory device in automatic vending machine
    Patent number: 4364404
    Abstract: An inventory device which is used for a route-man to take all the coins out of the coin containing cylinders of an automatic vending machine. With the inventory device, the coin containing cylinders are caused one after another to dispense the coins merely by operating a single switch. The inventory device comprises: the single switch; a shift register; and a coin dispensation control section connected to the bit output of the shift register. The signal "1" is successively shifted in the shift register in response to the operation of the single switch, to operate the coin dispensation control section, thereby to dispense the coins out of the coin containing cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1982
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Coicno
    Inventors: Yukichi Hayashi, Masauuki Tamura, Osamu Sugimoto, Masayoshi Takizawa, Tatsujiro Nishioka, Masaki Akagawa, Yutaka Yokohda