Feeding bobbin and method for recycling said feeding bobbin

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a feeding bobbin in which, in winding a thermal transfer sheet or image receiving sheet having a different size (width), onto the feeding bobbin, work on the side of a small roll winding device is easy, thermal transfer sheets or image receiving sheets different from each other in size (width) can be used in various thermal transfer printers, and the feeding bobbin can be recycled without the necessity of disposal and without causing any trouble, and to provide a method for recycling the feeding bobbin. The feeding bobbin is a feeding bobbin 1 comprising a common winding shaft 4 and flanges 2 mounted detachably respectively on both ends 61, 62 of the winding shaft 4. In the preparation of a small wound roll of a thermal transfer sheet or image receiving sheet 10, even when the thermal transfer sheet or image receiving sheet 10 to be wound is different in width from a thermal transfer sheet or image receiving sheet which has been previously used, the thermal transfer sheet or image receiving sheet 10 can be properly wound around the common winding shaft 4 by using flanges 2, in a form compatible with various thermal transfer printers and corresponding to the width of the thermal transfer sheet or image receiving sheet, as the flanges 2 mounted on both ends 61, 62 of the winding shaft 4. Thus, the winding shaft 4 can be made common to various feeding bobbins.

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