Patent ID: 6622953
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A roll holder device for loading of a supply magazine with a recording material roll in a rotatable manner, said recording material roll including a tubular spool shaft and continuous recording material wound about said tubular spool shaft in a roll form, said roll holder device comprising:first and second holder cores inserted in respective first and second ends of said tubular spool shaft; first and second stationary sections, supported on a holder frame member of said supply magazine stationarily and removably, for supporting respectively said first and second holder cores in a rotatable manner; an anti-dropping mechanism provided on one of said first and second holder cores for pushing against a shaft inner surface of said tubular spool shaft and preventing said first and second holder cores from dropping from said tubular spool shaft; and a bias member for biasing and pressing said anti-dropping mechanism against said shaft inner surface, said bias member being attached to an inner surface of the first holder core.