Sheet roll producing apparatus

A sheet roll producing apparatus for producing sheet rolls by winding a heat transfer recording sheet, obtained by forming a transfer ink layer on one surface of a base, around the outer peripheries of a plurality of cores, comprising:

• a supplying apparatus for supplying a web heat transfer recording sheet;
• a waste sheet part forming apparatus, disposed on a downstream side of the supplying apparatus, for cutting a portion corresponding to a region between each of the sheet rolls in the web heat transfer recording sheet to form cut ends thereof and interposing a non-adhesive waste sheet and a pair of adhesive tapes attached to both ends of the waste sheet between the cut ends of the web heat transfer recording sheet, each adhesive tape having an adhesive portion facing the waste sheet, a portion exposed to the outside and a portion attached to the corresponding cut end of the web heat transfer sheet;
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• a winding apparatus disposed on a downstream side of the waste sheet part forming apparatus and having a winding portion for winding the web heat transfer recording sheet around the outer peripheries of the cores to form sheet rolls, a discharging portion for holding the sheet rolls thus formed before discharging them, and a cutting portion, provided between the winding portion and the discharging portion, for cutting the waste sheet positioned between the winding portion and the discharging portion.