US 11,667,137 B2
Medium transport apparatus and processing apparatus
Shinji Kanemaru, Matsumoto (JP); Daiki Takahashi, Ueda (JP); and Keisuke Sasaki, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/105,312.
Claims priority of application No. JP2019-214129 (JP), filed on Nov. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0155019 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 13/0009 (2013.01) [B65H 5/062 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A medium transport apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body having a transport path for a medium;
an attachment/detachment portion that is configured to be mounted on the apparatus body and at least a portion of which is configured to be separated from the apparatus body, that covers the transport path when the attachment/detachment portion is mounted on the apparatus body, and that exposes a portion of the transport path when at least the portion of the attachment/detachment portion is separated from the apparatus body; and
a path extension member configured to be attached to and detached from the attachment/detachment portion, wherein
the path extension member extends, in a state in which the attachment/detachment portion is separated, the transport path in a transport direction of the medium by being detached from the attachment/detachment portion and attached to the apparatus body.