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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2013
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Ishikawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Kenichi Miyazaki, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transporting apparatus includes a pair of transport rollers that transport a medium along a transport path that extends in a transport direction, a medium supporting section that supports the medium at a portion downstream of the pair of transport rollers in the transport direction, a supporting projection that supports the medium at a portion downstream of the medium supporting section in the transport direction, the medium being supported at an upstream portion in the transport direction by the medium supporting section, and a guide portion that is arranged at a position downstream of the medium supporting section in the transport direction and upstream of the supporting projection in the transport direction, the guide portion forming a concavity in the transport path with respect to the medium supporting section and the supporting projection.