TAPE CARTRIDGE - SEIKO EPSON CORP

Title:

TAPE CARTRIDGE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/146791

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Provided is a tape cartridge which makes it possible to appropriately and stably apply a pressing force for position determination regardless of the size of the thickness of a cartridge case or the device-side structure. A tape cartridge (100) for printing onto a printing tape (102) using a printing head (21) of a tape printing device (1) while feeding out the printing tape (102) while the tape cartridge (100) is detachably mounted in the tape printing device (1), the tape cartridge (100) being equipped with: the printing tape (102); a cartridge case (130) for housing the printing tape (102); and an elastic part (182) which is displaced by the pressing force of a pressing part (85) of the tape printing device (1), imparts a reactive force to the pressing part (85) which increases according to the amount of displacement, and is provided on the surface of the cartridge case (130) or in a concavity thereof.

Inventors:

SAKANO HIDEKI (JP)
SODEYAMA HIDEO (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2015/058311

Publication Date:

October 01, 2015

Filing Date:

March 19, 2015

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

SEIKO EPSON CORP (JP)
KING JIM CO LTD (JP)

International Classes:

B41J15/04; B41J2/325; B41J3/36; B41J17/32

Foreign References:

JP2011046142A	2011-03-10
JP2013111756A	2013-06-10

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