US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on June 9 for "Image reading apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,635, issued on June 9, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image reading apparatus" was invented by Masaki Namiki (Kitakyushu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading apparatus includes a first displacement member configured to be displaced between a first non-contact position at which a medium and a feeding roller do not contact with each other and a first contact position at which those contact with other, and a second displacement member configured to be displaced between a second non-contact position at which the medium and the feeding roller do not contact with each other and a second contact position at whi...