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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2024
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Mukaida, Matsumoto, JP;
Akinobu Nakahata, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a state in which the first cover and the second cover are closed, an end portion of a first path forming member in a second direction and an end portion of a second path forming member in a first direction overlap each other when viewed from a medium width direction, the end portion of the first path forming member in the second direction is positioned in the second direction with respect to an end portion of the second cover in the first direction and the end portion of the second path forming member in the first direction is positioned in the second direction with respect to an end portion of the first cover in the second direction. When the closed first cover is opened, the end portion of the first path forming member in the second direction moves toward the inside of a medium transport device.