ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,972, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GLORY LTD. (Himeji, Japan).
"Money handling apparatus" was invented by Yoshikazu Mitsusada (Himeji, Japan), Takuro Hamada (Himeji, Japan), Yusuke Yoshida (Himeji, Japan) and Masato Takeuchi (Himeji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A money handling apparatus includes a banknote handling assembly, a coin handling assembly, and a first operation surface having a banknote inlet portion, a banknote outlet portion, a coin inlet portion, and a coin outlet portion and facing a front direction in a front-back direction of the money handling apparatus. The banknote inlet portion and the coin inlet p...