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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1990
Filed:
May. 31, 1989
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus for recording an image corresponding to an original on a recording medium which is in the form of continuous elongate medium having a leading edge. The apparatus includes a main frame defining an internal space, a magazine detachably disposed within the internal space, a cartridge detachably mounted in the magazine for accommodating therein the recording medium, a take up roll disposed within the internal space for taking up the recording medium, a pair of feed rollers for feeding the recording medium along the sheet path, and a holding member having a first position for holding the leading edge and having a second position for releasing the leading edge. One of the feed rollers are movable to provide a first position for allowing the leading edge to pass through the rollers, and a second position for nipping the leading edge relative to the othr feed roller for feeding the recording medium along the sheet path. The holding member is positioned at the second position for releasing the leading edge of the recording medium when one of the feed rollers is positioned at the second position.