ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,733, issued on March 18, was assigned to JAPAN CASH MACHINE Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Paper sheet storage handling device" was invented by Hiroyuki Oiyama (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A banknote storage handling device 300 includes a lid unit opening/closing mechanism 410 that moves a lid unit 170 to an open position by moving to a spaced position in a state where the lid body 171 is latched, a loading table 450 that is configured to receive and load paper sheet bundles Bs moved outward from a lateral opening by a paper sheet bundle moving member in accordance with movement of the lid unit to the open position when a...