US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Aug. 26 for "Winding device and printing device with a moveable arm" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,569, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Winding device and printing device with a moveable arm" was invented by Daisuke Fujiwara (Matsumoto, Japan) and Satoshi Fujioka (Azumino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winding unit includes a winding roller configured to wind up an elongated medium M that was transported, a cylindrical pressing member that extends along a rotation shaft of the winding roller and that is configured to press the medium M toward the winding roller at a position where the medium M is wound by the winding roller, a cylindrical winding guide member that extends along the rotation ...