US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on July 29 for "Medium transport apparatus and image reading apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,293, issued on July 29, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medium transport apparatus and image reading apparatus" was invented by Yuhei Hamada (Kitakyushu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium transport apparatus includes a main body that is switchable between a first posture and a second posture and a rotatable route-forming member that forms an exterior of a turning route. The route-forming member couples a first transport route to a second transport route when the main body has the first posture and couples the first transport route to a third transport route when the main body has the second posture. The medium...