| 摘要 |
A tape cassette for use with a label printer having a plurality of tape type detecting switches that includes a housing having a front wall, a tape feed exit on the front wall, a top surface, and a bottom surface, a tape included at least partially in the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path extending to the tape feed exit, a recess on the front wall extending from the bottom surface towards the top surface, and an aperture on the front wall. The aperture is positioned downstream, in a tape feed path direction, of the recess, and is configured to receive one of the tape type detecting switches. The tape feed path direction is a direction in which the tape is configured to be fed along a portion of the tape feed path proximate to the front wall. |
| 主权项 |
1. A tape cassette for use with a label printer having a plurality of tape type detecting switches, the tape cassette comprising:
a housing having:
a front wall,a first wall positioned behind the front wall and that extends generally parallel to the front wall,a second wall positioned behind the first wall and that extends generally parallel to the front wall,a connection portion that connects an upstream end, in a tape feed direction, of the first wall and an upstream end, in the tape feed direction, of the second wall,a tape feed exit on the front wall, wherein a downstream end, in the tape feed direction, of the front wall and a downstream end, in the tape feed direction, of the first wall define the tape feed exit,a top surface,a bottom surface, wherein the first wall, the second wall, and the connection portion define a through-hole extending from the bottom surface to the top surface, andan indentation formed on the connection portion, the indentation extending from the bottom surface towards the top surface up to a ceiling surface generally parallel to the bottom surface; a tape included at least partially in the housing; an ink ribbon included at least partially in the housing; a take-up spool for the ink ribbon, wherein the take-up spool is included at least partially in the housing; a roller positioned downstream of the tape feed exit in the tape feed direction; a recess on the front wall, the recess extending from the bottom surface towards the top surface; a receiving portion on the front wall, wherein the receiving portion is positioned downstream, in the tape feed direction, of the recess, and configured to receive one of the tape type detecting switches; and a latching portion on the front wall, wherein the latching portion is configured to receive a latching piece of the label printer, wherein at least a portion of the latching portion is positioned upstream, in the tape feed direction, of the receiving portion, wherein the latching portion is positioned downstream, in the tape feed direction, of the recess, wherein a first virtual line orthogonal to the front wall passes through the latching portion and through the take-up spool, and wherein a second virtual line orthogonal to the front wall passes through a portion of the ceiling surface and through the take-up spool. |
