Patents by Inventor Yuji Takarada

Yuji Takarada 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).

  • Bill discriminating apparatus for bill handling machine
    Patent number: 5476169
    Abstract: A bill discriminating apparatus for a bill handling machine including an ultraviolet ray lamp for emitting ultraviolet rays toward bills, a light detector for photoelectrically detecting visible light emitted from phosphor materials contained in bills upon being irradiated with ultraviolet rays and producing visible light detection signals, a visible light detection signal amplifier for amplifying the visible light detection signals produced by the light detector, an ultraviolet ray detector for photoelectrically detecting ultraviolet rays emitted from the ultraviolet ray lamp and producing ultraviolet ray detection signals, a CPU for receiving the visible light detection signals amplified by the visible light detection signal amplifier and the ultraviolet ray detection signals produced by the ultraviolet ray detector and discriminating bills, the CPU adjusting an amplifying factor of the visible light detection signal amplifier in accordance with levels of ultraviolet ray detection signals input from the ult
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Takarada, Takao Akioka, Hiroyuki Ikeda, Shigeru Yonetani, Akio Funato
  • Sheet counting machine
    Patent number: 5324921
    Abstract: A sheet counting machine including a sheet depositing portion into which sheets are deposited, an endless belt for taking out sheets deposited in the sheet depositing portion one by one and feeding them to the inside, a counter for counting the number of sheets fed from the endless belt, a stacker for stacking sheets counted by the sheet counter, an operating portion operated by the operator and a display for displaying various kinds of information, the sheet counting machine further including a first lid member capable of being opened and closed and a second lid member capable of being opened and closed, the operating portion and the display being formed on an inner surface of the first lid member so that the operating portion and the display are not exposed to the outside when the first lid member is closed, the sheet depositing portion being formed so as to be located below the operating portion and the display when the first lid member is opened, the stacker being formed inside of the second lid member wh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Takarada, Takao Akioka, Hiroyuki Ikeda, Akio Funato, Shigeru Yonetani