Patent ID: 6561510
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B41C,G03F

Abstract:
A device for sucking a substantially rectangular sheet which is trained around a rotating drum and fixing the sheet onto the drum, comprising:(a) a chuck disposed along an axial direction of the drum so as to oppose a drum circumferential direction end portion of the sheet, said chuck able to press the end portion of the sheet toward the drum when the sheet is fixed onto the drum; (b) a plurality of sucking grooves formed in an outer peripheral surface of the drum at predetermined intervals in the axial direction of the drum and substantially parallel to each other, said sucking grooves extending along a circumferential direction of the drum; (c) a sucking hole formed at each of the sucking grooves; and (d) at least one shut-off element which is urged in a direction of shutting-off a corresponding sucking hole, and is able to shut-off the corresponding sucking hole when the shut-off element is not covered by the sheet when the sheet is fixed on the drum.