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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 1990
Filed:
May. 24, 1988
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for loading a photosensitive recording sheet such as a photosensitive and pressure-sensitive recording sheet or the like to an image recording apparatus such as a photocopier or the like. The apparatus comprises a supplying roll accommodating a new photosensitive recording sheet, a take-up roll for winding the photosensitive recording sheet from the supplying roll, and a recording sheet loading means comprising a sheet like guide member having one end secured to the take-up roll and another end detachably connected to the leading end portion of the new photosensitive recording sheet, or an attaching member for connecting the leading end portion of the new photosensitive recording sheet to the tail end portion of a consumed photosensitive recording sheet which is wound around the take-up roll, thereby to automatically insert the photosensitive recording sheet into the image recording apparatus in correspondence with the winding operation of the take-up roll.