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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2006
Toshio Miyake, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kenji Yanagishita, Nagano-ken, JP;
Nobuyuki Nishi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejection head is operable to eject a liquid droplet toward a target position. A transporter feeds a first target medium toward the target position in a first direction. An ejector ejects the first target medium to the outside of the apparatus. The ejector includes a first roller and a second roller adapted to nip the first target medium transported from the target position in the first direction. A guide member is disposed at a position closer to the outside of the apparatus than the ejector, and has a guide face along which a tray member on which a second target medium is mounted is fed toward the target position in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction. The guide member is pivotable between a first position for closing the guide face and a second position for opening the guide face to support the tray member.