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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kosaku Nobuta, Nagano, JP;
Yasuo Sunaga, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A paper transport device includes a motor; a transport portion that transports a paper by using a power generated by the motor; a determination portion that, when the paper is transported in a transport direction, determines whether or not a load larger than or equal to a predetermined load has been applied to the motor for a predetermined period; and a motor control portion. When the determination portion determines that a load larger than or equal to the predetermined load has been applied to the motor for the predetermined period, the motor control portion rotates the motor in a direction reverse to a normal rotation direction and then rotates the motor again in the normal rotation direction by inputting to the motor an electric current being larger than an electric current that has been input to the motor for transporting the paper in the transport direction, before an electric current causing a load that is larger than or equal to the predetermined load is input to the motor.