US 2004/0164197 A1Published application

Magazine and image recording apparatus in which magazine is used

AssigneeFuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd.

InventorSusumu Sato

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Abstract

In a magazine, when a lid is opened for loading a recording material, a discrimination pin is unlocked and shifted from a first position to a second position. When a magazine is set to a printer processor, a positioning pin presses the discrimination pin to shift to the first position, at which the discrimination pin is locked. After removal of the magazine from the printer processor, the discrimination pin is in the first position. When the lid is opened to load fresh recording material in the magazine, the discrimination pin is in the second position. It is discriminated by detecting the position of the discrimination pin whether the magazine is a partially used one. When the partially used magazine is set to the printer processor, a forward edge of the recording material is not cut.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A magazine for containing a rolled recording material, said magazine being removably set to a predetermined position of an image recording apparatus for recording an image on said recording material, said magazine comprising:

a magazine main body for loading recording material;
a lid openably attached to said magazine main body, said lid being opened and closed when said recording material is loaded in said magazine main body;
a discrimination member being shiftable between a first position and a second position, said first position representing that a partially used recording material is contained, said second position representing that a fresh recording material is contained;
a biasing member for biasing said discrimination member to shift to said second position;
and
a sustaining member for sustaining said discrimination member in said first position when said discrimination member is shifted to said first position, said sustaining member releasing the sustaining of said discrimination member to allow said discrimination member to shift from said first position to said second position when said lid is opened after removal from said predetermined position.

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An image recording apparatus in which said magazine is removably set to a predetermined position;

said magazine including a magazine main body for loading a rolled recording material;
a lid openably attached to said magazine main body, said lid being opened and closed when said recording material is loaded in said magazine main body;
a discrimination member being shiftable between first and second positions, said first position representing that a partially used recording material is loaded, said second position representing that a fresh recording material is loaded;
a biasing member for biasing said discrimination member toward said second position;
and a sustaining member for sustaining said discrimination member to said first position when said discrimination member is shifted to said first position, said sustaining member releasing the sustaining of said discrimination member and allowing said discrimination member to shift from said first position to said second position when said lid is opened after the removal of said magazine from said predetermined position;
said image recording apparatus comprising:
a detecting means for detecting whether said discrimination member is in said first position or said second position;
a cutter for cutting a forward end of said recording material advanced from said magazine, said cutter cutting said end when said detecting means detects that said discrimination member is in said second position, and said cutter not cutting said end when said detecting means detects that said discrimination member is in said first position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.