Temporary stocking mechanism and printer
AssigneeSeiko Instruments Inc.
InventorHiroyuki Kohira
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Abstract
A printer is provided with a printing means for effecting printing on a sheet material, and a temporary stocking mechanism for temporarily stocking the sheet material on which printing is effected. The temporary stocking mechanism is provided with a temporary stocking member having a cylindrical take-up space in which the sheet material is taken up, for temporarily stocking the sheet material on which printing is effected by a printing means, a take-up roller provided in the take-up space, for taking up the sheet material, a driving means for rotationally driving the take-up roller, and a press-contact means for bringing a peripheral surface of the take-up roller into press contact with an inner peripheral surface of the temporary stocking member.
Claims12
A temporary stocking mechanism, comprising:
- a temporary stocking member having a cylindrical take-up space in which a sheet material is taken up, for temporarily stocking the sheet material on which printing is effected by a printing means;
- a take-up roller provided in the take-up space, for taking up the sheet material;
- a driving means for rotationally driving the take-up roller;
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- a press-contact means for bringing a peripheral surface of the take-up roller into press contact with an inner peripheral surface of the temporary stocking member.
A temporary stocking mechanism, comprising:
- a temporary stocking member having a cylindrical take-up space in which a sheet material is taken up, for temporarily stocking the sheet material on which printing is effected by a printing means;
- a take-up roller provided in the take-up space, for taking up the sheet material;
- a driving means for rotationally driving the take-up roller;
- a press-contact member brought into press contact with the take-up roller;
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- a press-contact means for pressing the press-contact member against a peripheral surface of the take-up roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.