Patent ID: 7762494
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An image generating apparatus comprising: a driving source transporting an ink sheet of an ink sheet cartridge; and a take-up reel transmitting the driving force of said driving source to a take-up bobbin of said ink sheet cartridge and taking up said ink sheet on said take-up bobbin, wherein said take-up reel includes: a reel member, integrally provided with a plurality of fragment portions concentrically with a rotation axis thereof, engaging with said take-up bobbin, a driving-side gear member fitted with outer peripheral surfaces of said fragment portions of said reel member toward a second side from a first side, and a spring member press-fitted with inner peripheral surfaces of said fragment portions of said reel member thereby bringing said fragment portions into pressure contact with said driving-side gear member, wherein said reel member integrally has a stop section provided between said plurality of fragment portions of said reel member for inhibiting said driving-side gear member from displacement toward the second side.