Patent · US Expired

Tape cutting apparatus

US5501539A · kind A · utility

2Cited by
8References
18Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 1994
Grant dateMar 26, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 27, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2407/10
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A blade protection device is described for protecting a cutting blade in a printing device which is actuatable so that a blade protection member is movable by insertion of a cassette into the printing device. A printing device has a cassette receiving bay for receiving a cassette of tape and a cutting blade for receiving a cassette of tape and a cutting blade for cutting the tape after printing. The printing device incorporates a blade protection device such as described above. Cassettes are also described which are adapted to actuate the blade protection device described above when inserted into a printing device. One cassette has an aperture which receives an upstanding part of the blade protection member. Another cassette has a depending part which locates a surface of the blade protection member to actuate the blade protection device when the cassette is inserted into a printing device.

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