ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,456, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Medium transport device and image reading device" was invented by Masaki Namiki (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Kendai Kawakami (Kitakyushu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium transport device includes: a feeding roller that feeds a medium mounted on a medium mounting section; a separation roller that nips the medium with the feeding roller to separate the medium and is configured to rotate in a first rotation direction in which the medium is transported downstream and a second rotation direction that is opposite to the first rotation direction; a pressing member ...