Tape printer
US8770877B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J33/14
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tape printer includes a tape cassette, a cassette housing portion, a feeding device, a printing device, a table storage device, detecting switches, and a tape type identifying device. The tape cassette includes a housing, a tape mounted within the housing, a tape guide, and an indicator of the tape type formed in the front wall of the housing and includes at least one aperture. The detecting switches protrude toward the front wall of the housing, and a part of the detecting switches that opposes a surface portion other than the at least one aperture in the indicator is pressed to thereby detect information indicating a pressing or non-pressing state of each of the detecting switches as identification information. The tape type identifying device identifies, with reference to a tape type table, the tape type associated with the detected identification as the tape type of the tape.
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