US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Jan. 13 for "Winding device and printing device having regulating portion for regulating the swing of a tension bar" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,008, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Winding device and printing device having regulating portion for regulating the swing of a tension bar" was invented by Daisuke Fujiwara (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winding unit that winds an intermittently conveyed medium includes a winding roller that winds the medium, a winding roller driving mechanism that applies a driving force for rotating the winding roller, a winding bar member that is swingably provided upstream from the winding roller and applies tension to the medium by pressing the medium, and an abutting portion that regulates swi...