US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Oct. 20 for "Image reading device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,797, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image reading device" was invented by Masaki Namiki (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Yudai Taruya (Kitakyushu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A image reading device includes a reading section configured to read an image of a medium transported in a transport direction; a light transmitting member arranged between a transport path on which the medium is transported and the reading section; and an airflow generation section which is arranged on an opposite side of the light transmitting member from the reading section, which includes a hole section positioned facing the l...