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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Yoshida, Fujimi-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medium transport device includes a medium transport path for transporting a medium, and a medium detection unit that detects a medium by using detection light intersecting the medium transport path. the medium detection unit is a part constituting an optical path of the detection light, and includes a first optical component positioned on a first side of the medium transport path, and a second optical component positioned on a second side with the medium transport path interposed therebetween, and the second optical component is accommodated in a recess formed in a wall face extending in a direction intersecting a path surface of the medium transport path.