ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,814, issued on May 27, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Medium discharge device and image reading device" was invented by Yuhei Hamada (Kitakyushu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium discharge device includes a discharge driven roller that nips the medium between the discharge driven roller and a discharge drive roller and that rotates drivenly and a first discharge aid member and a second discharge aid member that have a larger diameter than the discharge driven roller and that rotate by torque from the discharge driven roller, wherein the second discharge aid member is positioned to the outside of the first di...