Patent ID: 6315020
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B32B,Y10T

Abstract:
A laminating apparatus for producing a laminate by unreeling sheet from a sheet roll containing long lengths of rolled sheet, and laminating the unreeled sheet on a document medium, while feeding the laminated sheet and document medium, the apparatus including:a controller for controlling the laminating apparatus;a power supply part for supplying power to the controller;a sheet roll holding part for holding the sheet roll;a sheet roll detecting part for detecting mounting and dismounting of the sheet roll with respect to the sheet roll holding part;a first flag memory that is set when the power supply part starts supplying power to the controller;a second flag memory that is set when the sheet roll detecting part detects the mounting and dismounting of the sheet roll; anda slack removing device that performs a slack removing operation to remove slack generated in the sheet unreeled from the sheet roll only if the first or second flag memory has been set.