ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,284, issued on July 29, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Medium feeding device, image recording apparatus, and image reading apparatus" was invented by Satoshi Nakata (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium feeding device for feeding a medium through a feed opening, the medium feeding device including: a stacked unit that extends to pass through the feed opening and on which a medium is stacked; a feeding unit that feeds a medium stacked on the stacked unit; a regulating unit that regulates a position of a medium stacked on the stacked unit, in width directions; and a cover that opens and closes relative ...