REEL TABLE AND RECORDING DEVICE WHEREIN THE REEL TABLE IS USED

摘要

A recording device has a main body for inserting thereinto an ink cartridge having a take-up roller for winding up an ink sheet. The device comprises a reel table provided inside the main body and engageable with the take-up roller, the reel table being provided on a peripheral surface thereof with a plurality of ridges engageable with the take-up roller. Each of the ridges comprises a tapered end portion having a sharp end and a straight portion integral with the tapered portion and having a side face to be brought into contact with the take-up roller. One of the ridges is approximately equal to the other ridges in the length Y1 of the straight portion, and the tapered portion of the above-mentioned one ridge integral with the straight portion has a height Y2 greater than the height Y3 of the tapered portions of the other ridges.