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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Kosaku Nobuta, Suwa, JP;
Osamu Hanamura, Shiojiri, JP;
Yoshiaki Shibasaki, Azumino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes: an opening and closing mechanism that opens or closes an opening section of the apparatus; a first movable body that is moved in accordance with the operation of opening and closing the opening section by the opening and closing mechanism; a movement detector that detects the movement amount of the first movable body; a controller that determines whether or not the opening section is closed, on the basis of the detected movement amount; a second movable body disposed in the apparatus and movable; and a movement transmitting mechanism which moves the first movable body in accordance with the movement of the second movable body in a state in which the opening section is closed, and does not move the first movable body in accordance with the movement of the second movable body in a state in which the opening section is opened.