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US 2026/0181091 A1Published application
Medium conveyance device and image reading device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorSatoshi NAKATA
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Abstract
A medium conveyance device includes a guide part that guides a medium being conveyed, a detector that is disposed to face the guide part, and a flow path forming portion that forms a flow space in which a gas can flow between the guide part and the flow path forming portion. The flow space is a space in which the gas taken in from a ventilation portion reaches an exhaust portion via the detector, and a flow velocity of the gas at the detector in the flow space is equal to or larger than a flow velocity of the gas at the ventilation portion.
Claims20
A medium conveyance device comprising:
- a guide part configured to guide a medium being conveyed;
- a detector disposed to face the guide part;
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- a flow path forming portion configured to form a flow space in which a gas is allowed to flow between the guide part and the flow path forming portion, wherein
- the flow space is a space in which the gas taken in from a ventilation portion reaches an exhaust portion via the detector, and
- a flow velocity of the gas at the detector in the flow space is equal to or larger than a flow velocity of the gas at the ventilation portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.