Winding mechanism for recording paper

A winding mechanism for recording paper, belt-driven by a recording paper feeding motor disposed in a printing mechanism, the winding mechanism comprising:

• a printing mechanism side pulley fixed at one end of a platen shaft of the printing mechanism for rotation by the recording paper feeding motor of the printing mechanism;
• a winding mechanism side pulley having a winding shaft and provided in a part of a gear train on the winding mechanism;
• a belt for coupling the printing mechanism side pulley to the winding mechanism side pulley for transmitting a rotation of the printing mechanism side pulley to the winding mechanism side pulley;
• a tension spring for elastically swinging the part of the gear train on the winding mechanism so as to impart a tension to the belt;
• a clutch mechanism having a spring and being disposed in the winding mechanism for maintaining the recording paper at a constant tension;
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• a frame having a winding shaft insertion slot/hole slanted in an opposite direction to a recording paper discharge direction for rotatably supporting the winding shaft.