Patent ID: 8672471
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A feeding apparatus, comprising: an accommodating unit configured to accommodate roll paper; a pick-up guide configured to pick up a leading edge of the roll paper by contacting an outer circumference of the roll paper; an urging unit configured to urge a tip end of the pick-up guide in a direction that the tip end contacts the outer circumference of the roll paper, wherein the tip end is arranged between the outer circumference of the roll paper and the leading edge of the roll paper; and a feeding unit configured to cause the roll paper to rotate, so that the leading edge of the roll paper picked up with the pick-up guide and the roll paper is fed from the accommodating unit, wherein the pick-up guide rotates as an outer diameter of the roll paper becomes smaller according to a remaining amount of the roll paper, and a rear end of the pick-up guide moves in a direction to narrow a conveyance path of the roll paper picked up by the pick-up guide, wherein an amount of rotation of the pickup guide is controlled by a size of the outer circumference of the roll paper, and wherein the pick-up guide pivots about a shaft, the shaft being arranged between the tip end of the pick-up guide and a rear end of the pick-up guide, and a top of the rear end is shaped such that the leading edge of the roll paper moves along the conveyance path.