Medium Cartridge and Printer
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMitsugi Tanaka
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Abstract
The disclosure discloses a medium cartridge including a recording medium roll with a long recording medium wound around an axis, a support member, and at least one of first protruding parts and second protruding parts. The support member rotatably supports the recording medium roll. The first protruding parts are disposed on the recording medium roll so as to respectively protrude to one side and another side in an axial direction and face the support member. The second protruding parts are disposed on the support member so as to respectively protrude to the one side and the another side in the axial direction and face the recording medium roll.
Claims17
A medium cartridge comprising:
- a recording medium roll with a long recording medium wound around an axis;
- a support member that rotatably supports said recording medium roll;
- and
- at least one of first protruding parts that are disposed on said recording medium roll so as to respectively protrude to one side and another side in an axial direction and face said support member, and second protruding parts that are disposed on said support member so as to respectively protrude to said one side and said another side in said axial direction and face said recording medium roll.
A printer comprising:
- a storage part configured to store a medium cartridge comprising a recording medium roll with a long recording medium wound around an axis, a support member that rotatably supports said recording medium roll, and at least one of first protruding parts that are disposed on said recording medium roll so as to respectively protrude to one side and another side in an axial direction and face said support member, and second protruding parts that are disposed on said support member so as to respectively protrude to said one side and said another side in said axial direction and face said recording medium roll;
- a feeder configured to feed said recording medium fed out from said recording medium roll of said medium cartridge;
- a printing head configured to perform printing on said recording medium fed by said feeder and generate a recorded medium;
- a cutter configured to cut said recorded medium in a predetermined length, the recorded medium generated by said printing head;
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- a take-up device configured to sequentially wind said recorded medium having said predetermined length after cutting by said cutter on an outer peripheral part of the take-up device, and to form a recorded medium roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.