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Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Katsuyuki Kondo, Nagano, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/22 (2006.01); B65H 31/34 (2006.01); B65H 31/26 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/38 (2006.01); B65H 43/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0045 (2013.01); B65H 29/22 (2013.01); B65H 29/38 (2013.01); B65H 43/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A medium transporting apparatus including a paddle that comes in contact with a medium discharged on a first tray including an upstream end matching member and that rotates to move the medium towards the upstream end matching member, and a low frictional resistance member configured to switch between an advanced state advanced from outside a medium mount region of the first tray to a first region, and a retracted state retracting from the first region to an outside of the medium mount region. The low frictional resistance member is, after a first medium is mounted on the first tray, switched from the retracted state to the advanced state, and is interposed between the first medium and a second medium when, after discharging the first medium, moving the second medium discharged from a pair of discharge rollers towards the upstream end matching member with the paddle.


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