ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,508, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Medium discharge device and image reading apparatus" was invented by Kiyotaka Nakamura (Kitakyushu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium discharge device includes a discharge roller pair that is provided with a discharge driving roller and a discharge driven roller which drivably rotates in contact with the discharge driving roller, and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium that is fed and discharged by the discharge roller pair, in which the medium receiving tray includes a guide member which guides such that a tip end of the medium which is dis...