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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/0009 (2013.01); H04N 1/00676 (2013.01); H04N 1/00702 (2013.01); H04N 1/00777 (2013.01); H04N 1/00809 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medium transport apparatus includes a feeding section configured to nip a medium and feed the medium in a transport direction, a sensor disposed to face a side of the medium being transported in the transport direction, the sensor being configured to detect motion of the medium, and a control unit configured to stop the transport of the medium based on a detection value received from the sensor, in which during a period including a time at which a leading edge of the medium is nipped by the feeding section, the control unit continues transporting the medium irrespective of the detection value from the sensor.