Device applicable to an image recording apparatus for feeding a rolled recording medium
US4969016A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 7, 1988 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/902
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device installed in an imsge recording apparatus for pulling out the leading edge of a rolled recording medium such as a rolled paper and then cutting the recording medium at a predetermined length as measured from the leading edge to feed the resulting sheet to a predetermined recording section of the apparatus. A plurality of paper feed mechanisms are each provided with a cutter for cutting a paper which is paid out from a roll. When two or more of the paper feed mechanisms are loaded with a paper of a desired kind, they are automatically and repetitively switched from one to another every time a sheet feed operation is performed.
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