Patents by Inventor Shigemi Kawamura

Shigemi Kawamura 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: 6796557
    Abstract: There is disclosed a processing apparatus of sheets using an accumulation device of a vaned wheel system including a vaned wheel having a plurality of blades arranged at a predetermined interval in a rotation direction, and rotating, thereby allowing continuously feed sheets to enter between the blades, and guiding the sheets in a predetermined direction, so that the sheets guided by the vaned wheel are laminated/accumulated in an accumulation section, and synchronization is established between a supply timing of paper money by a paper money supply section and a rotation phase of the vaned wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Toru Otsuka, Kunio Fukatsu, Shigemi Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6779791
    Abstract: A paper-like materials processing apparatus brings the speed in the direction for conveying paper-like materials by a shift correction roller for moving paper-like materials at an angle based on a shift amount crossing the conveying direction of paper-like material agree with the conveying speed by a conveying mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shigemi Kawamura, Naruaki Hiramitu
  • Publication number: 20030057637
    Abstract: A paper-like materials processing apparatus brings the speed in the direction for conveying paper-like materials by a shift correction roller for moving paper-like materials at an angle based on a shift amount crossing the conveying direction of paper-like material agree with the conveying speed by a conveying mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Shigemi Kawamura, Naruaki Hiramitu
  • Publication number: 20020113366
    Abstract: There is disclosed a processing apparatus of sheets using an accumulation device of a vaned wheel system including a vaned wheel having a plurality of blades arranged at a predetermined interval in a rotation direction, and rotating, thereby allowing continuously feed sheets to enter between the blades, and guiding the sheets in a predetermined direction, so that the sheets guided by the vaned wheel are laminated/accumulated in an accumulation section, and synchronization is established between a supply timing of paper money by a paper money supply section and a rotation phase of the vaned wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Toru Otsuka, Kunio Fukatsu, Shigemi Kawamura
  • Patent number: 5105364
    Abstract: A bank note handling system includes a cabinet, a removable bank note cassette in the cabinet for storing a supply of bank notes, the supply of bank notes including notes having a desired denomination and being subject to the inclusion of notes having undesired denominations, the bank note cassette including a memory for storing denomination data corresponding to the desired denomination of the supply of bank notes. In the cabinet, a controller for reading the denomination data from the memory, a feeding mechanism for removing the bank notes from the bank note cassette, and a discrimination unit for discriminating the denomination of each bank note removed from the bank note cassette are arranged. The controller acts to compare the denomination discriminated by the discrimination unit with the denomination data read from the memory for detecting the presence of notes having an undesired denomination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shigemi Kawamura, Masahide Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 4928230
    Abstract: A paper document transacting apparatus for storing and extracting a paper document into and out of storages through a transporting unit. The apparatus comprises a detector for detecting a transporting condition of the paper document, an indicator for indicating an abnormal transport position of the document, a control switch for controlling a transporting unit, and a controller for controlling the indicator such that, when the abnormal transport position is detected, at least a leading abnormal transport position in a transporting direction out of abnormal transport positions is indicated as well as driving the transporting unit at a low speed according to a signal from the control switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shigemi Kawamura, Masahide Yamauchi