US 12,246,937 B2
Sheet storage unit
Yusaku Tachibana, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to GLORY LTD., Himeji (JP)
Filed by Glory Ltd., Himeji (JP)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,896.
Application 17/696,896 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/035099, filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-171934 (JP), filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204300 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 29/00 (2006.01); B65H 43/00 (2006.01); G07D 11/13 (2019.01)
CPC B65H 29/006 (2013.01) [B65H 43/00 (2013.01); G07D 11/13 (2019.01); B65H 2404/255 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1912 (2013.01); G07D 2211/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet storage that stores a sheet, the sheet storage comprising:
a reel around which a tape is wound;
a first drive unit that rotates the reel around a rotation axis;
a drum that is connected to the reel via the tape and winds the tape wound around the reel together with the sheet;
a second drive unit that rotates the drum around a rotation axis; and
a control circuitry that controls at least one of the first drive unit and/or the second drive unit to change tension acting on the tape according to a state of the sheet storage and according to at least one of a quantity and/or a type of the sheet wound around the drum.