ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,681, issued on May 27, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Medium transport device and recording apparatus" was invented by Morihiko Yamada (Okaya, Japan) and Soichiro Kii (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium transport device 1 including a device main body 12 having a transport path T for transporting a medium P, an outer door 30, an inner door 40 disposed with respect to the device main body 12 to the inside of the outer door 30, an outer hinge 31 that openably and closably attaches the outer door 30 to the device main body 12, and an inner hinge 41 that openably and closably attaches the inner door 40 to...