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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhiko Arimori, Kitakyushu, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 27/00 (2006.01); F16C 33/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 27/00 (2013.01); F16C 33/1055 (2013.01); B65H 2401/241 (2013.01); B65H 2404/17 (2013.01); B65H 2801/12 (2013.01); F16C 33/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medium transport device includes a rotation shaft that enables transport of a medium as it rotates, and a bearing of the rotation shaft, in which the rotation shaft is provided with a hollow portion, a lubricating material containing unit that contains a lubricating material inside an end portion of the hollow portion, and holes that are open to a contact portion with the bearing from the lubricating material containing unit, and the lubricating material can be drawn to the contact portion from the lubricating material containing unit via the holes.