Esselte N.v.

Esselte Corporation

Sam Cockerill

Costa Panayi

Anthony Roy Dunn

Charles Robert Sims

Mathew Richard Palmer

Jonathan Peter Tremlett

Andrew Buchanan Halket

Francois Lecomte

Robert Charles Day

Robert Charles Lewis Day

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.

Hand-held tape printing device

In order to improve and facilitate the peeling operation of a tape printing device of the type employing a tape cassette, a tape cassette ( ) with an angled peel slot ( ) is disclosed. The corresponding peel plunger ( ) of the tape printing device is moving into the peel slot ( ) during a peeling operation and the longitudinal axis of the peel slot ( ) and the longitudinal axis of the tape ( ) enclose a non-perpendicular angle, as well. Thus, only an edge ( ) of the tape ( ) is peeled, what reduces the forces required for peeling.

Tape printing device and tape cassette

The invention relates to a tape holding case housing a supply of image receiving tape and includes an angled surface to bend the surface of the tape approximately 90&deg;, the angled surface being provided upstream of the printing position of the tape. The tape holding case also includes a casing that is designed to attach the tape holding case to an identically shaped tape holding case.

Tape printing apparatus and tape holding cases

A tape printing device which receives a tape cassette that accommodates a printable tape. The tape cassette includes a housing having a wall portion which is arranged to support the tape during a cutting operation which is performed with a cutting mechanism of the tape printing device. To align the cutting mechanism with the cassette during cutting, the wall portion of the cassette housing is arranged for interacting with a guide mechanism that connects the cutting mechanism and the wall portion during cutting and aligns the cutting mechanism with the wall portion.

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sam Cockerill