Media transportation mechanism, method of controlling a media transportation mechanism, and media processing device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8695025
APP PUB NO 20130094336A1
SERIAL NO

13650423

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A media transportation mechanism has: a storage unit that stores disc-shaped media with a center hole in a stack; a transportation arm that moves vertically and has a gripping member to hold a medium stored in the storage unit, and a separating member that moves radially to the medium from the hole of the medium; and a transportation arm drive member that sets the ascent speed of the transportation arm to a first speed, and to a second speed that is slower than the first speed, when moving the transportation arm vertically up while the gripping member holds the medium.

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  • SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Tokuda, Takeshi Shiojiri, JP 28 79

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