| 摘要 |
A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion. |
| 主权项 |
1. A tape cassette comprising:
a box-shaped cassette case comprising a bottom wall, a top wall, a front wall, and a side wall, the front wall having a tape exit, the top wall comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a connecting surface, the second surface being disposed between the first surface and the bottom wall in a vertical direction, the connecting surface connecting the first surface and the second surface; a tape at least partially contained within the cassette case; a tape roller provided in a vicinity of or at a first corner portion of the cassette case, the tape roller being positioned downstream of the tape exit in a tape feed direction of the tape along the front wall; a first opening provided on the top wall or the bottom wall, the first opening being provided in a vicinity of or at the first corner portion; a second opening provided on the top wall, the second opening being provided in a vicinity of or at a second corner portion of the cassette case, the second corner portion being positioned at a diagonally opposite end of the first corner portion in the cassette case, the second opening being located in the second surface of the top wall, a portion of an edge defining the second opening being connected with the connecting surface; a wall portion extending from the portion of the edge to the bottom wall, the wall portion defining a continuous space from the second surface to the bottom wall in the vertical direction; and an indicator portion provided in the front wall, the indicator portion including a switch hole and a surface portion, the indicator portion being positioned between the first opening and the second opening in the tape feed direction along the front wall. |
