ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,237, issued on April 15, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Medium supporting mechanism and printing apparatus" was invented by Nariyuki Suzuki (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium support portion includes a support face configured to support a medium transported in a transport direction, and a guide groove extending along a width direction at the support face. The guide groove includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface constitute inner walls of the guide groove that extends in the width direction, and are opposed to each other in the transport direction. The m...