ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,257, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Transport device and liquid ejection device" was invented by Satoshi Minemura (Matsumoto, Japan) and Tomonori Amari (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport unit includes a glue belt, a pressurizing roller, a roller driving unit, and a control unit. The glue belt includes an adhesive layer. The pressurizing roller presses a medium against the adhesive layer while reciprocating in a Y direction. The roller driving unit generates a driving force for the pressurizing roller to reciprocate. The control unit controls the roller driving unit. The pressur...