摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tape route maintaining mechanism capable of maintaining a transfer route for a tape-like member which is paid out from a tape body in a proper position and capable of shortening a distance between the tape body and a tape processing unit and the like. <P>SOLUTION: The tape route maintaining mechanism 55 which maintains the transfer route for the printing tape 51a transferred by being paid out from the tape body 51 constituted by winding the printing tape 51a around a tape core 51b in a predetermined position with respect to the tape processing unit provided to apply predetermined processing to the printing tape 51a includes a bearing 56 which is elongated along in the normal direction of the tape body 51 at a pay-out starting point P of the printing tape 51a, rotatably and pivotally supports the tape core 51b and allows the movement of the tape body 51 in the normal direction, and a pay-out starting point maintaining means for maintaining the pay-out starting point P in a predetermined position with respect to the movement of the tape body 51 the diameter of which is reduced accompanied by the pay-out of the printing tape 51a in the normal direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |