Esselte N.v.

Esselte Corporation

Francois Lecomte

Anthony Roy Dunn

Sam Cockerill

Costa Panayi

Jonathan Peter Tremlett

The invention refers to a tape printing device () for hand-held operation, having a housing with a first part and a second part, wherein the first part of the housing comprises a surface with a keyboard with keys () for inputting desired characters to be printed onto an image receiving tape (), the surface having a breadth which is larger than a thickness of the first part of the housing, preferably a multiple thereof, and the second part of the housing comprises a cassette receiving bay () for accomodating a tape cassette () holding a supply of the image receiving tape (), the second part of the housing further enclosing a print mechanism () arranged to print the desired characters onto the image receiving tape (). Further a tape cassette () with an angled peel slot () is disclosed.

Tape printing device

The present invention refers to a tape printing device for hand-held operation, having a housing with a first part and a second part, wherein the first part of the housing comprises a surface with a keyboard with keys for inputting desired characters to be printed onto an image receiving tape, the surface having a breadth which is larger than a thickness of the first part of housing, preferably a multiple thereof, The second part of the housing comprises a cassette receiving bay for accomodating a tape cassette holding a supply of the image receiving tape, the second part of the housing further enclosing a print mechanism arranged to print the desired characters onto the image receiving tape. Further the tape cassette can have an angled peel slot.

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Woking, United Kingdom

Francois Lecomte