ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,269, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to LAUREL BANK MACHINES Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and LAUREL PRECISION Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Coin processing device" was invented by Kota Fujii (Osaka, Japan), Naruto Okahashi (Sanda, Japan), Nobuo Hamada (Osaka, Japan) and Ryo Tanaka (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coin processing device includes: a feed belt that normally rotates in contact with the upper side of a coin to convey the coin to a conveyance passage extending from an inlet-side passage portion to an outlet-side passage portion; a conveyance motor that normally rotates the feed belt during the normal rotation; a detection u...