ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,583, issued on July 21, was assigned to GLORY LTD. (Himeji, Japan).

"Paper sheet storage device" was invented by Hiroyuki Yanai (Himeji, Japan) and Takeshi Yokawa (Himeji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet storing device includes: a rotary drum; a tape that winds a sheet on the rotary drum; a guide that guides the tape and the sheet to be wound on the rotary drum; and a frame that accommodates the rotary drum and the guide. The frame includes a first frame and a second frame. The first frame and the second frame are connected movably relative to each other to change the frame between an open state and a closed state. The s...