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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2020
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Koshiro Yamaguchi, Kakamigahara, JP;
Masato Kato, Kasugai, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nagae, Kasugai, JP;
Teruo Imamaki, Nissin, JP;
Takashi Horiuchi, Kariya, JP;
Akira Sago, Seto, JP;
Yasuhiro Shibata, Okazaki, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A tape cassette that includes a housing having a front wall and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape at least partially included within the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path extending to the tape feed exit, and tape type indicator apertures formed on the front wall of the housing. A combination of the tape type indicator apertures forms a pattern corresponding to a type of the tape at least partially included within the housing. The tape type indicator apertures include a first tape type indicator aperture and a second tape type indicator aperture, and the tape type indicator apertures are positioned such that the first tape type indicator aperture is not aligned with the second tape type indicator aperture in a direction orthogonal to the tape feed path and parallel to the front wall.