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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2018
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Sakano, Suwa, JP;
Hideo Sodeyama, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
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 hole in which a head cover on a cartridge installation portion of a tape printing apparatus is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion. The insertion hole includes a facing portion that faces a convex portion on the head cover when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion. The facing portion is part of an inner wall of the insertion hole.