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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2018
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Koshiro Yamaguchi, Kakamigahara, JP;
Tsutomu Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Masato Kato, Kasugai, JP;
Yasuhiro Iriyama, Mie-gun, JP;
Yasuhiro Shibata, Okazaki, JP;
Teruo Imamaki, Nissin, JP;
Akira Sago, Seto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nagae, Kasugai, JP;
Takashi Horiuchi, Kariya, JP;
Tomohiko Sugino, Nagoya, JP;
Kengo Noda, Inazawa, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion.