US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on March 18 for "Medium transport apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,372, issued on March 18, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medium transport apparatus" was invented by Yosaku Tamura (Azumino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport section includes a first roller, a second roller, a first rotating shaft, a second rotating shaft, a support unit, a main body, a door, and a third rotating shaft. The second roller nips a paper sheet together with the first roller. The first rotating shaft rotatably supports the first roller; the second rotating shaft rotatably supports the second roller. The support unit supports the first rotating shaft; the main body supports the support unit. Th...