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Tape cassette

US8764326B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 26, 2010
Grant dateJul 1, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 8, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

A tape cassette that includes a housing, at least one tape, and a color indicator portion disposed between the tape housing area and the periphery, and in a specified area adjacent to the tape housing area on a rear edge side of the bottom wall, the color indicator portion indicating color information relating to the at least one tape and including a plurality of lateral information sections that are a plurality of strip-shaped sections extending along the left-and-right direction of the housing and aligned in a front-rear direction of the housing, wherein, of the plurality of lateral information sections, whether a protrusion is formed in a first lateral information section indicates a base material color of the at least one tape, and whether a protrusion is formed in a second lateral information section indicates a print color of the at least one tape.

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