Patent ID: 7073438
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A fixing structure for detachably fixing a sheet member, comprising: a rotor having an outer peripheral surface, around which the sheet member is wound, and an inner peripheral surface portion, the rotor including a plurality of through-slots formed in the outer peripheral surface of the rotor at predetermined intervals in the peripheral direction, with each of the through-slots being elongated in the peripheral direction and communicating the outer peripheral surface with the inner peripheral surface portion; and a chuck detachably mountable to the rotor, for clamping one end of the sheet member onto the rotor, the chuck including a support having opposite ends, with a clamp plate being disposed at one end of the support and a base section being disposed at the other end of the support, wherein when the chuck is mounted on the rotor, the base section is inserted and passed through one associated through-slot and then hooked over the inner peripheral surface portion.