ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,575, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Transport device and recording device" was invented by Katsuya Asamoto (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport device 21 for transporting a medium 99 to be recorded by a recording section 12 includes a transport belt 25 for transporting the medium; a pressing section 31 that is located further upstream than the recording section in a transport direction of the medium and presses the medium against the transport belt while heating the medium; a cover 32 covering the recording section and the pressing section, which has an intake port 36, and a f...