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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2007
Toshikazu Kotaka, Shiojiri, JP;
Naohiro Ueyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Yasuo Motohashi, Suginami-ku, JP;
Satoru Watanabe, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiichi Maruyama, Shiojiri, JP;
Shoichi Horiuchi, Matsumoto, JP;
Mayumi Kinoshita, Shiojiri, JP;
Toshikazu Kotaka, Shiojiri, JP;
Naohiro Ueyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Yasuo Motohashi, Suginami-ku, JP;
Satoru Watanabe, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiichi Maruyama, Shiojiri, JP;
Shoichi Horiuchi, Matsumoto, JP;
Mayumi Kinoshita, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A roller for transporting a recording medium includes an inner layer having a shaft hole through which a rotating shaft passes; and an outer layer formed outside the inner layer and brought into contact with the recording medium. At least a first end surface of the inner layer in a direction along the rotating shaft is located inside the outer layer remote from end surfaces of the outer layer in the direction along the rotating shaft.