US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on July 14 for "Medium transport device and recording device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,680, issued on July 14, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medium transport device and recording device" was invented by Chiaki Shimada (Okaya, Japan) and Toshikazu Kotaka (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium transport device includes a belt unit and a first support section and a second support section configured to pivotably support the belt unit, wherein the first support section includes a first frame and a second frame that is a flame configured to detach from and attach to the first frame, and configured to pivotably support the belt unit and a direction in the width direction from a the center of a...