US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on March 31 for "Medium transport apparatus, medium processing apparatus, and recording apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,961, issued on March 31, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medium transport apparatus, medium processing apparatus, and recording apparatus" was invented by Keita Hanaoka (Shiojiri, Japan) and Tetsuji Yatsunami (Okaya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium transport apparatus includes: a first and second route members that constitute a medium transport route; a transport roller pair that nips and feeds a medium being transported between the first and second route members and includes a first and second rollers that nip the medium therebetween; and a gate switchable between a first and second states. In the first st...