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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Kubota, Matsumoto, JP;
Hideki Sakano, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tape cartridge including a tape member, a tape core on which the tape member is wound, and a cartridge case in which the tape member and the tape core are accommodated. The tape member includes a folded tape main body having a print portion on a first side of the fold and a non-print portion on a second side of the fold. The folded tape main body includes an adhesive layer that pastes the print portion and the non-print portion together. An outermost surface of the print portion forms a print surface. The adhesive layer is provided on an inner surface of the print portion. A first release agent layer is provided abutting the adhesive layer. A second release agent layer is provided on an inner surface of the non-print portion such that the second release agent layer contacts the adhesive layer and the first release agent layer.