Patent ID: 6164204
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B41B,B41F,H04N

Abstract:
A drawing apparatus for drawing an image on a sheet-shaped recording material, comprising:a cylindrical drum having a rotary shaft and an outer peripheral surface and having a groove extending in the circumferential direction provided on said outer peripheral surface;a rotation driving device for rotating said drum around said rotary shaft;a fixing member provided so as to be attachable and detachable to or from said groove of said drum and so as to be movable along said groove for fixing the recording material to the outer peripheral surface of said drum; anda drawing unit for drawing an image on the recording material fixed on the outer peripheral surface of said drum,said fixing member comprising:a main body member having one side part and an other side part, the one side part for pressing one end of the recording material against the outer peripheral surface of said drum, andan engaging member provided so as to project on the side of a lower surface of said main body member and engaged with the inside of said groove of said drum,said drawing apparatus further comprising:a fixing member driving device for operating said engaging member of said fixing member to fix said fixing member to said drum or release said fixing member from said drum while holding said fixing member in a state where said engaging member of said fixing member is released from said groove of said drum.