Seiko Epson Corporation

Keita Hanaoka

Ryoichi Morisawa

Yusuke Higuchi

A medium transport device includes a first roller, a second roller, a first rotation shaftsupporting the first roller, a displacement mechanismconfigured to displace the first rotation shaft to a first position Pwhere the first roller and the second roller are configured to nip the medium and to a second position Pwhere bothandare separated from each other, and a doorconfigured to rotate into an opened position and into a closed position around an axis that intersects the first rotation, wherein the door includes an acting section, the displacement mechanism includes an action receiving section, and when the doorrotates to the closed position and the acting sectionno longer pushes the action receiving section, the displacement mechanism displaces the first rotation shaftfrom the first position to the second position.

Medium transport device and recording device

A printer includes a curved path through which a medium is transported toward a line head, a transport roller pair provided in the curved path, pinching the medium by a driving roller and a driven roller at a pinching position, and transporting the medium, a gate portion having a contact surface configured to switch between a contact position located upstream of the pinching position in a transport direction in the curved path and a retreat position at which the contact surface does not contact with the medium, and a guide portion guiding a tip of the transported medium to the contact surface located at the contact position.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Keita Hanaoka