US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on June 16 for "Medium feeding apparatus, recording apparatus, and control method for recording apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,965, issued on June 16, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medium feeding apparatus, recording apparatus, and control method for recording apparatus" was invented by Takuro Furusawa (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium feeding apparatus includes a driving portion that drives a feeding roller, an arm portion that supports the feeding roller, and a displacement portion that can come into contact with the arm portion. The arm portion displaces the feeding roller between a contact position and a separation position. The contact position is a position where the feeding roller comes into contact with the medium...