Patent ID: 8833537
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
1. A medium stocking apparatus comprising: a housing forming an internal space surrounded by a partition and having an open area where a part of the partition is eliminated; a reel on which a tape is wound which is generally rectangular and has a width narrower than a long side of a medium; a diverting unit arranged on a side opposite to said reel across the open area for diverting the tape drawn out from said reel and running across the open area; a cylindrical drum disposed rotatably in the internal space with respect to said housing for winding thereon the tape diverted by said diverting unit with the medium, when fed from outside of said housing in its narrow-side direction, overlaid on the tape; a winding guide blocking up the internal space from the outside at the open area for guiding the tape and the medium diverted by said diverting unit along a running path toward a circumferential surface of said drum; and an openable unit, which is a part of said winding guide, for closing and opening the internal space from and to the outside and narrowing an extent that the tape, which is drawn out from said reel and runs across the open area, blocks off the open area in an open state in comparison with that in a closed state.