US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on April 29 for "Rotation detection device, medium transport device, and recording device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,226, issued on April 29, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Rotation detection device, medium transport device, and recording device" was invented by Soshi Okawa (Shiojiri, Japan) and Yuki Komatsu (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulley serving as a rotary body and a scale configured to rotate integrally with the pulley are attached to an end portion of the pulley serving as the rotary body in a thrust direction, a detection unit is configured to detect rotation of the pulley serving as the rotary body by reading a reading region of the scale. An absorber capable of absorbing liquid is attached to a surface o...