Patent ID: 6923397

Claim:
A roll holder device for loading of a supply magazine with a recording material roll in a rotatable manner, said recording material roll including a tubular spool shaft and continuous recording material wound about said tubular spool shaft in a roll form, said supply magazine having a holder frame member with first and second cutouts for supporting said roll holder device, said roll holder device comprising: first and second holder cores inserted in respective first and second ends of said tubular spool shaft; first and second stationary sections, fitted in said first and second cutouts stationarily and removably, for supporting respectively said first and second holder cores in a rotatable manner; and a roll regulator mechanism for pushing a pair of end faces of said recording material roll, to prevent looseness of said recording material roll; and an unblocking mechanism for releasing said recording material roll from pressure of said roll regulator mechanism in response to setting of said recording material roll in said supply magazine.