ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,320, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Image reading device" was invented by Masaki Namiki (Kitakyushu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading device includes a first power transmission section configured to transmit a driving force to the input gear, wherein the first power transmission section is configured to transmit the driving force from a first drive source that drives the feed roller to the input gear and furthermore, the first power transmission section includes a one-way clutch that does not transmit the power of the first drive source to the input gear when the first drive source...