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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2022
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Momiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Itozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Makio Uehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshitaka Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A path switcher is provided at a point where a transport path along which a medium is to be transported branches out into a first branch path and a second branch path that are to be switched between by the path switcher. The path switcher includes: a switching component including a first arm and a second arm, the first arm being swingable at the point of branching of the transport path, the second arm being connected to a distal end of the first arm with an aid of a motion-allowing part, the switching component being configured to close one of the first branch path and the second branch path while opening an other of the first branch path and the second branch path; an elastic retaining component provided around the motion-allowing part and configured to elastically retain the first arm and the second arm in a predetermined positional relationship; and a rotary component rotatably provided at a distal end of the second arm and that is to come into contact with the medium.