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US 9,937,732 B2Granted
Medium transport apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShuichi Kanemoto
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Abstract
A medium transport apparatus includes a transport section configured to support a medium and transport the medium in a transport direction, and a wrinkle reducing section configured to come into contact with the medium to reduce the formation of wrinkles in the medium. The wrinkle reducing section can change surfaces to come into contact with the medium. The medium transport apparatus having such a structure enables to reduce the formation of wrinkles in the medium.
Claims10
A medium transport apparatus comprising:
- a transport section configured to support a medium and transport the medium in a transport direction;
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- a wrinkle reducing section comprising at least two surfaces, the at least two surfaces comprising at least a first surface and a second surface, the first surface providing a smooth arc-shaped surface and the second surface providing a plurality of grooves that extend outward towards a downstream side in the transport direction, the wrinkle reducing section configured to come into contact with the medium to reduce a formation of wrinkles in the medium,
- wherein the wrinkle reducing section can change which of the at least two surfaces comes into contact with the medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.