Image recording apparatus
AssigneeDainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsKatsuji Oku, Hirohisa Tanaka, Toshio Tamura, Takanori Tsuji
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Abstract
An image recording apparatus includes two recording material storage sections arranged vertically, each having a magazine, a cutter and a pair of take-out rollers, a transport device having a pair of transport rollers for transporting a recording material, the transport device supporting the recording material in a horizontal state, and a recording drum for holding the recording material on a peripheral surface thereof. The apparatus further includes a tilt mechanism for tilting the transport device to set the pair of transport rollers to a position opposed to the recording drum, and an image recorder for recording an image on the recording material held by the recording drum.
Claims10
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of recording material storage sections arranged vertically;
- transport device including a pair of transport rollers for transporting a recording material, said transport device being vertically movable to a position having said pair of transport rollers opposed to each of said recording material storage sections for receiving and supporting, in a horizontal state, the recording material drawn from each of said recording material storage sections;
- a recording material holder disposed above or below said recording material storage sections or said transport device for holding the recording material drawn from each of said recording material storage sections;
- a tilt mechanism for tilting said transport device to set said pair of transport rollers to a position opposed to said recording material holder;
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- an image recorder disposed opposite said recording material holder for recording an image on the recording material held by said recording material holder.
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of recording material storage sections arranged vertically, each including a magazine for storing an elongate recording material in roll form, a cutter for cutting the elongate recording material, and a pair of take-out rollers for taking the recording material out of said magazine,
- transport device including a pair of transport rollers for transporting the recording material, said transport device being vertically movable to a position having said pair of transport rollers opposed to each of said recording material storage sections for receiving and supporting, in a horizontal state, the recording material drawn from each of said recording material storage sections;
- a recording drum disposed below said transport device for holding, on a peripheral surface thereof, the recording material drawn from each of said recording material storage sections;
- a tilt mechanism for tilting said transport device to set said pair of transport rollers to a position opposed to said recording drum;
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- an image recorder disposed opposite said recording drum for recording an image on the recording material held by said recording drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.