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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Ryo Honma, Matsumoto, JP;
Inventor:
Ryo Honma, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/193 (2006.01); H04N 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00588 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0081 (2013.01); H04N 1/193 (2013.01); H04N 1/00602 (2013.01); B65H 5/338 (2013.01); B65H 2402/31 (2013.01); B65H 2402/545 (2013.01); H04N 1/00628 (2013.01); B65H 2404/612 (2013.01); H04N 1/00631 (2013.01); H04N 1/12 (2013.01); H04N 1/00615 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medium transport apparatus includes a medium guide member that forms part of the curved transport path and guides a medium to a downstream side, and that is provided so as to be capable of pivoting at an outward side from the curved transport path, and that changes the size of a space of part of the curved transport path by pivoting. The medium guide member has a pivot axis that is in an upstream side direction of a guide surface that guides the medium.