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• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
FUJITSU LIMITED	KANAGAWA 211-8588
FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED	INAGI-SHI TOKYO 206-8555

International Classification(s)

• G06F:ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

• 2008 Application Filing Year
• G06F Class
• 37681 Applications Filed
• 26537 Patents Issued To-Date
• 70.43 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Baba, Shunji	Kawasaki, JP	100	980
# of filed Patents : 100 Total Citations : 980
Hashimoto, Shigeru	Inagi, JP	106	1269
# of filed Patents : 106 Total Citations : 1269
Kasahara, Yasushi	Inagi, JP	16	86
# of filed Patents : 16 Total Citations : 86

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DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
March 04, 2014	US,8662382,B2   US8662382B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
August 13, 2009	US,20090199448,A1   US20090199448A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 6554694

Escalator equipment for coins

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Abstract

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A miniaturizes lifting style coin hopper is provided with a coin escalator device. The lifting style hopper equipment uses a small hopper with improved escalator equipment. The escalator equipment for coins includes a back plate with a curved surface for carrying a plurality of coins which are arranged in a single plane row from bottom to top. A pair of spacers are placed at each side on the upper surface of this back plate, respectively. The escalator equipment for coins has at least a plurality of idlers which are freely rotatably arranged, covering the back plate between the paired spacers. A spring device presses these idlers to the back plate.

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