Patent ID: 6068172
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B65G,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
A device for transporting and temporarily storing a web-like recording medium in a printing or copying device, comprising:a first conveyance unit for transporting a recording medium to a temporary storage unit, and a drive mechanism for removing the recording medium from the temporary storage unit; andsaid temporary storage unit having a member for increasing tension on the recording medium when a loop of the recording medium in the temporary storage unit decreases, and wherein said first conveyance unit has a conveying structure arranged so that frictional engagement increases for feeding the recording medium given said increasing tension, and wherein said temporary storage unit member when said loop becomes larger provides less tension stress on the recording medium resulting in substantially no frictional engagement of the recording medium by the conveying structure in the first conveyance unit so that the first conveyance unit stops feeding the recording medium.