US Patent Issued to JAPAN CASH MACHINE on June 16 for "Friction transport device and paper sheet transport device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,968, issued on June 16, was assigned to JAPAN CASH MACHINE Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Friction transport device and paper sheet transport device" was invented by Kohei Haraguchi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A friction transport device includes a drive-side unit that transmits a transport driving force to one surface of a paper sheet transported along a transport path; a drive motor that supplies a driving force to the drive-side unit; a driven roller that is arranged to oppose the drive-side unit and that followingly rotates in contact with the other surface of the paper sheet; and a transport grip adjustment mechanism...