Patent ID: 6126343
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B41J,B65C,B65H

Abstract:
A printing medium feeding apparatus for feeding a printing medium toward a printing position where a printing operation is performed by printing heads, by unwinding a roll-shaped printing medium usable with said apparatus, comprising:a housing having a hollow space in which the roll-shaped printing medium is received;a supporting member on which the roll-shaped printing medium is placed, said supporting member being in contact with a lower surface of the outer periphery of the roll-shaped printing medium; andunwinding means for unwinding the outer periphery of the roll-shaped printing medium at a position higher than a portion where the roll-shaped printing medium is in contact with said supporting member by driving said supporting member in an unwinding direction so as to cause the roll-shaped printing medium to rotate, wherein said housing includes a space between said housing and the roll-shaped printing medium received therein so as to allow movement of the roll-shaped printing medium caused by generation of slack of the roll-shaped printing medium.