Patent · US Expired

Hand-held tape printing device

US6503005B1 · kind B1 · utility

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22References
30Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 24, 1998
Grant dateJan 7, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J3/4075
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention refers to a tape printing device for hand-held operation, having a housing with a first part and a second part, wherein the first part of the housing comprises a surface with a keyboard with keys for inputting desired characters to be printed onto an image receiving tape, the surface having a breadth which is larger than a thickness of the first part of housing, preferably a multiple thereof, The second part of the housing comprises a cassette receiving bay for accomodating a tape cassette holding a supply of the image receiving tape, the second part of the housing further enclosing a print mechanism arranged to print the desired characters onto the image receiving tape. Further the tape cassette can have an angled peel slot.

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