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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Toshikazu Kotaka, Shiojiri, JP;
Yosaku Tamura, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiji Kawabata, Matsumoto, JP;
Kensuke Tamai, Shiojiri, JP;
Hidetoshi Kodama, Matsumoto, JP;
Soichiro Kii, Shiojiri, JP;
Toshikazu Kotaka, Shiojiri, JP;
Yosaku Tamura, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiji Kawabata, Matsumoto, JP;
Kensuke Tamai, Shiojiri, JP;
Hidetoshi Kodama, Matsumoto, JP;
Soichiro Kii, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transport device, which transports a sheet set in a set section toward the downstream side on a transport path, includes a restricting member. The restricting member is provided at a set position of the sheet in the set section, and is displaced to restrict the sheet moving toward the downstream side on the transport path. The restricting member includes a restricting section that comes in contact with a front end of the sheet from the downstream side on the transport path, and is rotatable about a shaft extending along the transport path so as to be displaced between a first position where the restricting section protrudes on the transport path and a second position where the restricting section retracts from the transport path.