Patent ID: 9092926
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B65H,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A medium storage and advancing apparatus comprising: a plurality of one-side reels rotatably arranged; a plurality of one-side tapes respectively wound around said plurality of one-side reels; a drum rotatably arranged to rotate in one direction to wind and store a medium with the medium being laid over said plurality of one-side tapes and in an opposite direction to pull out the wound medium; and a plurality of retainers respectively opposed to said plurality of one-side tapes with respect to the medium wound by said drum or pulled out from said drum, said retainers abutting against a surface of the medium to hold the medium; wherein said plurality of one-side tapes have a tape width that is shorter than a width of the medium corresponding to a length of the medium in a direction perpendicular to a transfer direction of the medium, said plurality of one-side tapes being arranged in parallel and spaced with a spacing that is shorter than the width of the medium in a direction of the width of the medium to abut against another surface of the medium; wherein said plurality of one-side reels include a first and a second one-side reel, said plurality of one-side tapes including a first one-side tape wound around said first one-side reel and a second one-side tape wound around said second one-side reel, and said plurality of retainers including a first retainer arranged opposed to said first one-side tape and a second retainer arranged opposed to said second one-side tape; and wherein said first retainer includes a first other-side reel rotatably arranged and a first other-side tape, said first other-side tape being wound around said first other-side reel and having a tape width that is shorter than the width of the medium, said first other-side tape being opposed to said first one-side tape with respect to the medium to abut against the surface of the medium, said second retainer including a second other-side reel rotatably arranged and a second other-side tape, and said second other-side tape being wound around said second other-side reel and having a tape width that is shorter than the width of the medium, said second other-side tape being opposed to said second one-side tape with respect to the medium to abut against the one surface of the medium.