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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shintaro Miyamoto, Shiojiri, JP;
Yoshiyuki Okazawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A moving mechanism of a reading unit includes a driving pulley, a plurality of driven pulleys which are rotatably driven, an endless belt which is engaged and rotates between the driving pulley and the plurality of driven pulleys, and attracts the reading unit, and a biasing unit which applies tension to the endless belt, in the endless belt, an attraction section which is a belt section that extends along the auxiliary scanning direction, and which attracts the reading unit, is formed between a first driven pulley and a second driven pulley, the driving pulley is provided at a position separated from the attraction section in the main scanning direction, and a biasing force of the biasing unit is applied to the belt section excluding the attraction section in the endless belt.