TAPE CARTRIDGE

摘要

A tape cartridge includes a printing tape, an ink ribbon, a platen roller that receives power from a tape feeding mechanism portion and faces a printing head portion so that the printing tape and the ink ribbon are provided between a platen roller and a printing head at a printing position, a cartridge casing that accommodates the printing tape, the ink ribbon, and the platen roller, an insertion opening that is provided on the cartridge casing and in which a head cover is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion, and a facing portion that is provided on an opening peripheral wall portion of the insertion opening and receives a convex portion to restrict a displacement of the tape cartridge in the cartridge installation portion.

主权项

1. A tape cartridge detachably installed in a tape printing apparatus having a cartridge installation portion on which the tape cartridge is installed, a tape feeding mechanism portion that feeds a printing tape from the installed tape cartridge, a ribbon feeding mechanism portion that feeds an ink ribbon in synchronization with the feeding of the printing tape, a printing head portion that performs printing on the printing tape and is configured to be movable between a printing position and a retracting position, a head cover provided on the cartridge installation portion, and a convex portion that projects from an outside surface of the head cover and guides installation of the tape cartridge, the tape cartridge comprising:
the printing tape; the ink ribbon; a platen roller that receives power from the tape feeding mechanism portion and faces the printing head portion so that the printing tape and the ink ribbon are disposed between the platen roller and the printing head at the printing position; a cartridge casing that accommodates the printing tape, the ink ribbon, and the platen roller; an insertion opening that is provided on the cartridge casing and in which the head cover is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion; and a facing portion that is provided on an opening peripheral wall portion of the insertion opening and receives the convex portion to restrict a displacement of the tape cartridge in the cartridge installation portion.