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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Soichiro Kii, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording device includes a recording unit; an inverting path that inverts a medium that recording has been performed on and sends the medium back to the recording unit; a feeding roller an outer circumferential surface of which is in contact with the medium at both a first position in the inverting path before inverting the medium and a second position in the inverting path after inverting the medium; and a cleaning unit that cleans the outer circumferential surface of the feeding roller; in which the cleaning unit, before a contact portion on the outer circumferential surface of the feeding roller in contact with the medium at the first position reaches the second position with rotation of the feeding roller, is disposed at a position in contact with the contact portion.