ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,332, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Image reading device" was invented by Seiji Tezuka (Kitakyushu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading device includes an inner roller and an outer roller in a curved path, and a path forming member that forms an outer side of a first path portion when a path portion extending downstream in a conveying direction from a nip position between the inner roller and the outer roller in the curved path is defined as the first path portion, wherein a support portion that supports a trailing end of a medium is provided on a lateral side of the outer roller in a...