ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,228, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to JAPAN CASH MACHINE Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Transport device" was invented by Keita Shingai (Osaka, Japan) and Shigenori Matsushita (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To downsize a curved transport route through which a transport target is transported without being deformed.A transport path 401 includes a first curved transport tubular-body unit 415B having a first curved shape in which a bottom surface 411B located beside an air blowing tube 100 bulges into a convex shape toward the air blowing tube. The first curved transport tubular-body unit is configured to increase a distance H...