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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiko Hamada, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medium support unit includes a support portion on which it is possible to set a medium in a setting direction that runs parallel to a support surface, and a friction member that is attached to the support portion, in which the friction member has an incision formation portion at a position that corresponds to a corner portion, and the incision formation portion that covers the corner portion positioned on an upstream side than the center in the setting direction has a first cover portion and a second cover portion positioned on a downstream side than the setting direction than the first cover portion, the first cover portion overlaps with the second cover portion such that an end portion of the first cover portion on the downstream side in the setting direction covers an end portion of the second cover portion on the upstream side in the setting direction.