TAPE CASSETTE

摘要

A TAPE CASSETTE (30) THAT INCLUDES A HOUSING (31) HAVING A TOP SURFACE (30A), A BOTTOM SURFACE (30B), A FRONT SURFACE (35) AND A PAIR OF SIDE SURFACES (30C), A TAPE (55, 57, 59) THAT IS A PRINT MEDIUM HOUSED IN THE HOUSING (31), A TAPE EXIT (34A) THAT DISCHARGES, FROM THE HOUSING (31), THE TAPE (55, 57, 59) GUIDED IN THE HOUSING (31) ALONG A PREDETERMINED FEED PATH, AT LEAST A PART OF THE FEED PATH EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE FRONT SURFACE (35), AND A TYPE INDICATOR PORTION (800) PROVIDED ADJACENT TO THE TAPE EXIT (34A) AND IN A SPECIFIED AREA (R0) OF THE FRONT SURFACE (35) ON AN UPSTREAM SIDE OF THE TAPE EXIT (34A) IN A FEED DIRECTION OF THE TAPE (55, 57, 59), THE TYPE INDICATOR PORTION (800) INDICATING A TYPE OF THE TAPE (55, 57, 59) AND INCLUDING VERTICAL INFORMATION SECTIONS (X1 TO X5) AND AN APERTURE (801, 810) FORMED IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE VERTICAL INFORMATION SECTIONS (X1 TO X5), THE VERTICAL INFORMATION SECTIONS BEING STRIP-SHAPED SECTIONS EXTENDING ALONG A DIRECTION ORTHOGONAL TO THE FEED DIRECTION.