US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on April 21 for "Medium feeding device, recording device, feeding roller unit, and method of controlling recording device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,394, issued on April 21, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medium feeding device, recording device, feeding roller unit, and method of controlling recording device" was invented by Katsunari Kumagai (Okaya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeding roller feeds a medium placed at a medium placement portion by forward rotation power supplied from a driving unit. A displacement portion displaces the feeding roller to an abutting position by the forward rotation power supplied from the driving unit and displaces the feeding roller to a separation position by reverse rotation power supplied from the driving unit. A power ...