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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Satake, Mikawa-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A roll paper supplying device and a recording apparatus include an unwinding shaft and a bearing that support a roll having a roll paper wound around a core in a manner that the roll paper can be fed out from the roll, a fixed braking section and a movable braking section that is configured to come into contact with an outer peripheral end face of the roll and brake a rotation of the roll in feeding out of the roll paper, and a radial direction movement section that is configured to move the fixed braking section and the movable braking section in a radial direction of the roll according to a diameter of the roll which decreases as the roll paper is fed out.