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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Bosoku, Matsumoto, JP;
Shun Ito, Matsumoto, JP;
Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Matsumoto, JP;
Yosuke Nakano, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A processing device includes a processing unit and a medium accommodation portion, and the medium accommodation portion includes a flexible sheet-like accommodation member, a pivot shaft to which one end of the accommodation member is coupled, an operation portion to which the other end of the accommodation member is coupled and that is provided separably from the pivot shaft, and a pair of support portions that supports both ends of the operation portion, and the accommodation member is wound around the pivot shaft and stored inside the housing when the operation portion approaches the pivot shaft, and is unwound from the pivot shaft and hung down to accommodate the medium when the operation portion is separated from the pivot shaft, and holds a weight closer to the other end than to an intermediate position between the one end and the other end in the advance and retreat direction.