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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1998
Takashi Higashi, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhiro Shibata, Okazaki, JP;
Koshiro Yamaguchi, Kasugai, JP;
Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Kuwana, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image recording device having a detachable web roll cassette in which a rolled web sheet is accommodated. The device includes a frame body having a web roll cassette insertion port, a web roll cassette accommodating portion, and a web sheet passage extending from the web roll cassette accommodating portion in a sheet feeding direction. The device also includes a web roll cassette, a rotary cutter positioned downstream of the web roll cassette, a sheet feeding unit including a drive roller and a pinch roller for nipping the web sheet therebetween, and a print head for printing the image on the web sheet fed by the sheet feed unit. The web roll cassette includes an upper and lower cases accommodating therein a web roll at one side and defining a front end discharge portion at another side directing toward the web sheet passage. The upper and lower cases are formed with through holes at a position adjacent the front end discharge portion. The drive roller and the pinch roller are respectively positioned at the through holes.