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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yohei Nunokawa, Nagano, JP;
Yasuhiko Yoshihisa, Nagano, JP;
Takayuki Tanaka, Nagano, JP;
Kohei Kozaki, Nagano, JP;
Kensuke Tamai, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/607 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a transportation apparatus in which a first transportation unit, which transports a paper sheet from a mounting portion, starts transportation of a next paper sheet at a time when a specific time has elapsed after the second transportation unit, which is positioned on a downstream side of the first transportation unit, starts to transport a paper sheet so that an inter-sheet distance between a preceding paper sheet and a following paper sheet becomes optimal.