US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Dec. 16 for "Medium transport device and recording device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,254, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medium transport device and recording device" was invented by Keita Hanaoka (Matsumoto, Japan) and Ryoichi Morisawa (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium transport device includes a first roller 9, a second roller 11, a first rotation shaft 13 supporting the first roller, a displacement mechanism 15 configured to displace the first rotation shaft to a first position P1 where the first roller and the second roller are configured to nip the medium and to a second position P2 where both 9 and 11 are separated from each other, and a door 7 configured t...