Patents by Inventor Shigemitsu Fukuyama

Shigemitsu Fukuyama 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).

  • Cashdrawer apparatus
    Patent number: 6719196
    Abstract: A banknote holder is installed to a cash casing in a cantilever fashion. Some banknotes are stored on the banknote holder while other banknotes are stored beneath the banknote holder. A banknote depressor of the banknote holder depresses the banknotes stacked on the banknote holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigemitsu Fukuyama
  • Cashdrawer apparatus
    Publication number: 20010050307
    Abstract: A banknote holder is installed to a cash casing in a cantilever fashion. Some banknotes are stored on the banknote holder while other banknotes are stored beneath the banknote holder. A banknote depressor of the banknote holder depresses the banknotes stacked on the banknote holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigemitsu Fukuyama
  • Optical bar code reader
    Patent number: 3978317
    Abstract: An optical reader including a plurality of fixed mirrors disposed on an imaginary circumference, a light source for emitting a light beam, a rotating mirror receiving the light beam from the light source and directing the reflected light beam to the plurality of fixed mirrors successively so as to form a plurality of retarded scanning light beams projecting on an object, and photo-electric converter means for receiving lights reflected by the object and generating an electric signal. The optical reader does not require mechanical synchronization. Cleaner means may be provided to brush off dust from the surfaces of the fixed mirrors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Toshihide Hane, Seishi Sasaki, Shinzi Inoue, Shigemitsu Fukuyama, Kazunobu Tsutsumi