ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,436, issued on April 29, was assigned to FUJITSU FRONTECH Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Paper sheet handling apparatus" was invented by Takashi Watanabe (Inagi, Japan), Hiroshi Yanagida (Inagi, Japan), Koichi Hosoyama (Inagi, Japan) and Yasushi Gotoh (Inagi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A money depositing and dispensing machine 1 includes: a storage compartment 100 provided with a first front opening 101; a stowage compartment 200 disposed on a lower side of the storage compartment 100; a storage portion 12 stored in the storage compartment 100 and storing paper sheets; and a conveying unit 13 stored in the storage compartment 100 and for co...