Tape feed cassette with tape cutter and guide
US5188469A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 29, 1991 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J35/28
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a tape feed mechanism comprising a tape storage cassette including at least two tapes in respective wound states and a tape feed device feeding the two tapes in an overlapped state, provided is a guide member for guiding the two tapes to a predetermined portion in the tape storage cassette. Thus, the tape storage cassette is detachably mounted from the tape feed device in a condition that each of the leading end portions of the tapes are fixed at the predetermined position and the tape storage cassette is attachably mounted again to the tape feed device in that condition.
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