US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Oct. 20 for "Medium conveyance device and image reading device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,466, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medium conveyance device and image reading device" was invented by Shinya Kawabata (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium conveyance device includes a first roller pair and a second roller pair for conveying a medium, a curved path from the first roller pair to the second roller pair, an outer path forming member that forms an outer side of the curved path, an inner path forming member that forms an inner side of the curved path, and at least one flexible guide member that guides the medium in the curved path, one end of the guide member is a fixed ...