Sheet handling apparatus and sheet collecting method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNorihisa Shiraishi
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Abstract
A sheet handling apparatus includes a feeding mechanism which is configured to feed a rolled paper to a paper path and a conveying mechanism which is configured to convey the rolled paper along the paper path. The sheet handling apparatus further includes a detecting mechanism which is configured to detect whether the rolled paper is running out, and a control mechanism which is configured to convey an end portion of the rolled paper remaining on the paper path to a collection position when the detecting mechanism detects that the rolled paper is running out.
Claims20
A sheet handling apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a feeding mechanism which is configured to feed a rolled paper to a paper path;
- a conveying mechanism which is configured to convey the rolled paper along the paper path;
- a detecting mechanism which is configured to detect whether the rolled paper is running out;
- and
- a control mechanism which is configured to convey an end portion of the rolled paper remaining on the paper path to a collection position when the detecting mechanism detects that the rolled paper is running out.
A method of handling a paper in a sheet handling device, the method comprising:
- feeding a rolled paper along a paper path by a feeding mechanism;
- detecting whether the rolled paper is running out by a detection mechanism;
- and
- conveying, upon the detection by the detection mechanism that the rolled paper is running out, an end portion of the rolled paper remaining on the paper path to a collection position by a control mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.