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Tape cassette used in tape printing apparatus

US5645360A · kind A · utility

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6References
4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 1995
Grant dateJul 8, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J32/00
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a tape cassette which requires a small operating space for the attachment and detachment thereof and suitable for use in a thin-type printing apparatus suitable for an integral association with various types of apparatuses. The tape cassette is mounted in a tape printing apparatus equipped with a printing head and a head driving mechanism for driving this printing head and includes a tape-type recording medium accommodated in a cassette body, wherein a cam surface is provided on the surface of the cassette body, the cam surface being adapted to drive the head driving mechanism of the tape printing apparatus when the tape cassette is attached to the tape printing apparatus.

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