US Patent Issued to Laurel Bank Machines, Laurel Machinery, Laurel Precision Machines on Feb. 11 for "Medium processing device and method of connecting units in medium processing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,793, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Laurel Bank Machines Co. Ltd. (Tokyo), Laurel Machinery Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) and Laurel Precision Machines Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Medium processing device and method of connecting units in medium processing device" was invented by Hiroaki Takahashi (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Kumagai (Sakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium processing device includes: a first unit; and a plurality of second units connected to the first unit. Each of the plurality of second units includes: a conveying mechanism that conveys a medium; and a medium detection portion that detects the medium being conve...