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Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2017
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hideki Sakano, Suwa, JP;

Hideo Sodeyama, Suwa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 32/00 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 32/00 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 15/044 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tape cartridge includes a platen roller, a winding up core, and a cartridge casing that accommodates a printing tape, an ink ribbon, the platen roller, and the winding up core. The cartridge casing includes an insertion opening in which a head cover on a cartridge installation portion is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion. The insertion opening includes an inner wall portion including a first inner wall that is disposed at a printing tape accommodation side of the insertion opening and a second inner wall that is disposed at a winding up core side of the insertion opening, and a facing portion that is a corner portion formed by the first inner wall and the second inner wall and faces a convex portion on one of the corners of the head cover when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion.


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