Lengthy Article Take-Up Apparatus and Lengthy Article Printer

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a lengthy article take-up apparatus comprising a housing, a winding core member, a bearing portion and a driving gear. The winding core member is configured to take up the lengthy article. The winding core member comprises a shaft member, a cylindrical winding body, a driven gear, and a lock member. The shaft member is configured to be detachably fitted to the bearing portion. The cylindrical winding body is disposed rotatably on an outer periphery of the shaft member and configured to wind the lengthy article on an outer peripheral side. The driven gear is fixed to the winding body and configured to be meshed with the driving gear when the winding core member is attached to the housing. The lock member is configured to fix the shaft member to the bearing portion when the winding core member is attached to the housing.

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