ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,983, issued on July 1, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Transportation apparatus and printing apparatus" was invented by Akinobu Nakahata (Shiojiri, Japan), Soichiro Kii (Shiojiri, Japan), Atsushi Mukaida (Shiojiri, Japan) and Yosaku Tamura (Azumino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transportation portion includes an apparatus body, a cover, first and second path formation portions, and a movement portion. The apparatus body has a transportation path including a downward path and an upward path having portions located at the same level in the Z direction. The cover covers and uncovers the transportation path. The firs...