ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,593, issued on June 24, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Transport device and liquid ejecting device" was invented by Hirotaka Yashiro (Matsumoto, Japan) and Ryosuke Ban (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport device includes a roller unit having a first roller, a second roller, and a third roller among which a medium supplied from a holding unit holding the medium is wound, a transport unit configured to transport the medium passing through the roller unit, and a support portion movably supporting the roller unit with respect to the transport unit."
The patent was filed on Dec. 5, 2022, under Applicat...