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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Kodama, Matsumoto, JP;
Hirohisa Adachi, Matsukawa-machi, JP;
Namiki Hashiguchi, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The transporting device includes a transporting path on which a medium recorded by the recording portion is transported in a transporting direction, and a contact portion that comes in contact with a front end of the medium, which is transported through the transporting path, to adjust a transporting state of the medium is adjusted. The transporting path has a guide portion that guides the medium to be transported to the contact portion, the guide portion has a first guide portion that is configured to swing, and a second guide portion that faces the first guide portion and is configured to swing, and the first guide portion and the second guide portion are disposed at a standby position when the medium is not transported through the transporting path, and are configured to move in directions away from each other from the standby position.