ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,413, issued on June 17, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Transport device and printing device" was invented by Atsushi Mukaida (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport portion includes a device main body, an upper guide portion, and a lower guide portion. In the device main body, a descending path and an ascending path overlap each other in a Z direction. The upper guide portion is configured to be moved outward with respect to the device main body and is positioned above the descending path and the ascending path in a state in which the upper guide portion is stored. The lower guide portion forms the de...