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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideki Sakano, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/36 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/325 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/009 (2013.01); B41J 2/325 (2013.01); B41J 3/36 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tape printing device on which a tape cartridge is mounted, the device includes a sensor unit that faces a specification reading pattern formed on a base end surface of the tape cartridge; and a unit energizing portion that energizes the sensor unit toward a base end surface side. The sensor unit has a sensor portion that irradiates a specification reading pattern with a detection light and reads the specification reading pattern, and a sensor holder that supports the sensor portion and presses the base end surface by energizing of the unit energizing portion.