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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Ichiro Yoshioka, Matsumoto, JP;
Hiroto Miyauchi, Matsumoto, JP;
Manabu Kawahara, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transportation device including first and second tray portions which are stacked relative to each other, first and second transportation openings included in the first and second tray portions, respectively, and a transportation path for a material which is formed between the first and second transportation openings. The first tray portion includes a first movable tray portion which can be displaced, the second tray portion includes a second movable tray portion which can be displaced. The first movable tray portion and the second movable tray portion are configured move between a tray position where the first and second movable tray portions form a tray member for transporting the material and a housing position where the tray portions form a housing configuring member by closing the first and second transportation openings which are exposed in the tray position.