A sheet feeding device that performs sheet feeding by feeding out and cutting a continuous medium includes a carrying part that carries the medium, a detection part that detects a leading edge of the medium and a length over which the medium has been carried, a trailing edge detection part that detects a trailing edge of the medium specified by a user; and a cutting part arranged between the detection part and the trailing edge detection part, and is capable of cutting the medium or forming cuts in the medium (a perforation process). When a minimum length of the medium that is carried by the carrying part is L2, a length from the detection part to the trailing edge detection part is L3, and a length of the medium that is specified by the user is L4, when the trailing edge of the medium is detected, and when L4<L3<L2+L4 is satisfied, the detection part detects a position is L4, and the cutting part forms cuts in the medium at the position.

A winding and unwinding system includes at least two winding rollers, a roll-changing device, a sensing device, a measuring device, and a controller. The roll-changing device can drive at least two winding rollers to sequentially move to a set position, where the winding roller located at the set position can wind a strip material. The sensing device emits an in-place signal when the winding roller located at the set position rotates one circle. The measuring device is configured to measure a traveling length of the strip material. The controller, upon receiving the in-place signal, determines a winding radius of the winding roller located at the set position based on the traveling length measured by the measuring device, and when the winding radius reaches a preset threshold, controls the roll-changing device to drive another winding roller to move to the set position and get in contact with the strip material.

A winding and unwinding system includes at least two winding rollers, a roll-changing device, a sensing device, a measuring device, and a controller. The roll-changing device can drive at least two winding rollers to sequentially move to a set position, where the winding roller located at the set position can wind a strip material. The sensing device emits an in-place signal when the winding roller located at the set position rotates one circle. The measuring device is configured to measure a traveling length of the strip material. The controller, upon receiving the in-place signal, determines a winding radius of the winding roller located at the set position based on the traveling length measured by the measuring device, and when the winding radius reaches a preset threshold, controls the roll-changing device to drive another winding roller to move to the set position and get in contact with the strip material.

In an image forming apparatus that the present invention is concerning to, rolled paper is conveyed in a forward conveyance direction for a predetermined period of time, when it is detected that an amount of the rolled paper rolled around a core pipe equals a predetermined amount or less. On the basis of the detection result, a CPU determines the rolled state of the rolled paper with respect to the core pipe and conveys the rolled paper in the forward conveyance direction or a reverse conveyance direction according to the rolled state.

A paper feeding device for rotating a roll paper forward and backward to feed the roll paper includes a roller, a sensor, a support, and processing circuitry. The sensor detects a level difference at an end of the roll paper. On the supports, the sensor and the roller are arranged at positions offset from each other in a circumferential direction of the roll paper with respect to a center of the roll paper. The support supports the sensor and the roller to abut on a surface of the roll paper. The processing circuitry controls rotation of the roll paper based on a sensor signal output from the sensor. The processing circuitry causes the roll paper to rotate in a paper feeding direction, and compares an inclination of a change in the sensor signal with a threshold value to detect a paper tube of the roll paper.

A sensor assembly configured to detect rolled stock on a core includes a sensor configured to detect a first roll of stock unwinding from a core, the stock unwinding from the core of the first roll is supplied as a web of stock, wherein in response to the sensor detecting a first detection configuration, the sensor takes no action and continues to detect the first roll, and wherein in response to the sensor detecting a second detection configuration, the sensor provides a command to a splice assembly to transition to a second roll of stock to replace the first roll of stock.

Proposed is an apparatus for supplying a roll-type material, the apparatus including an unwinder for unwinding a roll on which a material is wound, a rotation speed sensor for measuring a rotation speed of the roll, and a controller for performing a first deceleration for decelerating the rotation speed of the roll when the rotation speed of the roll is equal to or greater than a first reference rotation speed, and performing a second deceleration for decelerating the rotation speed of the roll when the rotation speed of the roll is equal to or greater than a second reference rotation speed after the rotation speed of the roll is decelerated. Accordingly, it is possible to adjust a supply speed of the material according to a remaining amount of the material without operator's control, and minimize waste of the material.

A recording apparatus having a support portion that supports a roll having a wound sheet, a drive portion, a conveying passage, a conveyer, and a recording portion. The drive portion rotates the supported roll in a first direction to feed the sheet from the roll, and rotates the roll in a second direction to rewind the sheet onto the roll. The conveying passage guides the sheet fed from the roll in a feeding direction and has first and second positions upstream of the conveyer in the feeding direction. The drive portion performs, before the sheet reaches the conveyer, a reciprocating operation in which the drive portion rotates the roll in the second direction in response to a leading end of the sheet reaching the first position and rotates the roll in the first direction in response to the leading end which reached the first position reaching the second position.

A recording apparatus having a support portion that supports a roll having a wound sheet, a drive portion, a conveying passage, a conveyer, and a recording portion. The drive portion rotates the supported roll in a first direction to feed the sheet from the roll, and rotates the roll in a second direction to rewind the sheet onto the roll. The conveying passage guides the sheet fed from the roll in a feeding direction and has first and second positions upstream of the conveyer in the feeding direction. The drive portion performs, before the sheet reaches the conveyer, a reciprocating operation in which the drive portion rotates the roll in the second direction in response to a leading end of the sheet reaching the first position and rotates the roll in the first direction in response to the leading end which reached the first position reaching the second position.

A sensor assembly configured to detect rolled stock on a core includes a sensor configured to detect a first roll of stock unwinding from a core, the stock unwinding from the core of the first roll is supplied as a web of stock, wherein in response to the sensor detecting a first detection configuration, the sensor takes no action and continues to detect the first roll, and wherein in response to the sensor detecting a second detection configuration, the sensor provides a command to a splice assembly to transition to a second roll of stock to replace the first roll of stock.