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US 10,604,362 B2Granted
Medium processing device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShuhei Kurotobi
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Abstract
A medium processing device includes a medium storage portion configured to stack sheet-shaped media to store the sheet-shaped media, a first pressurizing member configured to pressurize the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion, and a second pressurizing member configured to pressurize the sheet-shaped media in cooperation with the first pressurizing member when a stacking thickness of the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion is equal to or greater than a predetermined thickness.
Claims14
A medium processing device comprising:
- a medium storage portion configured to stack sheet-shaped media to store the sheet-shaped media;
- a first pressurizing member configured to apply pressure to the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion and hold the sheet-shaped media in an upright state;
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- a second pressurizing member configured to apply pressure to the sheet-shaped media in cooperation with the first pressurizing member when a stacking thickness of the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion is equal to or greater than a predetermined thickness and hold the sheet-shaped media in the upright state,
- wherein the second pressurizing member does not apply pressure to the sheet-shaped media when the stacking thickness of the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion is less than the predetermined thickness, and
- a portion of the first pressurizing member and a portion of the second pressurizing member are arranged to overlap each other in a stacking direction in which the sheet-shaped media are stacked in the medium storage portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.