US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Sept. 23 for "Transport device and droplet ejecting device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,574, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Transport device and droplet ejecting device" was invented by Satoshi Minemura (Matsumoto, Japan) and Tomonori Amari (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport device includes a transporting belt including an outer circumferential surface configured to come into contact with a medium, the transporting belt being configured to transport the medium, a rotating brush including a brush portion configured to come into contact with the outer circumferential surface, the rotating brush being configured to rotate, and a cleaning member including a contact ...