Patent ID: 6283652
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A hollow drum-type recording apparatus comprising:a hollow drum which has an opening and whose hollow circular arc-shaped main body rotates;an internal holder for a feed roll and an internal holder for a take-up roll for respectively accommodating and disposing inside said hollow drum a feed roll for feeding a toner sheet and a take-up roll for taking up the toner sheet through said opening; andan external holder for a feed roll and an external holder for a take-up roll for respectively accommodating and disposing outside said hollow drum said feed roll for feeding the toner sheet and said take-up roll for taking up the toner sheet through said opening,wherein a winding, a releasing, and a discharging of the toner sheet are effected by appropriately moving said feed roll and said take-up roll between said internal holders and said external holders and by rotating said hollow drum.