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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tsuneyuki Sasaki, Matsumoto, JP;
Junya Kato, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/16 (2006.01); B65H 16/06 (2006.01); B65H 18/02 (2006.01); B65H 75/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 16/06 (2013.01); B65H 75/185 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flange includes: an attaching section to which a roll medium is attached; and an outer circumferential section that has a placing section and that assumes a first state and a second state into which the outer circumferential section is transformed from the first state and in which the placing section projects.