Cutting device for cutting tape material and printing apparatus incorporating the cutting device

摘要

There is provided a cutting device for cutting tape material. A tape-cutting block of the cutting device for cutting off the tape material has a pair of tape-cutting edges which slide past each other to thereby cut the tape material to a cut-off piece having a predetermined length. The tape-cutting block has at least one movable blade formed with one of the pair of tape-cutting edges. An end-trimming block of the cutting device for trimming an end of the cut-off piece has a pair of end-trimming edges which slide past each other to thereby trim the end of the cut-off piece into a predetermined shape. The end-trimming block has at least one movable blade formed with one of the pair of end-trimming edges. The at least one movable blade of the tape-cutting block and the at least one movable blade of the end-trimming block are caused to perform cutting operations by a single cutting operation component device. There is also provided a printing apparatus incorporating the cutting device.