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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
May. 26, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shinsaku Kosuge, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A head pressurizing mechanism in which in a state in which a first tape cartridge is mounted, a first contact pin is positioned at a first switching position in which the first contact pin comes in contact with a pressure receiving portion provided on a side of a thermal head opposite a platen roller, and in a state in which the second tape cartridge is mounted, by pushing the pressurizing position switching portion in a mounting direction with the second tape cartridge, a second contact pin is positioned at a second switching position in which the second contact pin comes in contact with the pressure receiving portion at, with respect to the first switching position, a portion in a direction opposite the mounting direction.