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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2021
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Koshiro Yamaguchi, Kakamigahara, JP;
Akira Sago, Seto, JP;
Takashi Horiuchi, Kariya, JP;
Yasuhiro Iriyama, Mie-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Shibata, Okazaki, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nagae, Kasugai, JP;
Masato Kato, Kasugai, JP;
Teruo Imamaki, Nissin, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A tape cassette includes a box-like housing, a tape mounted within the housing, a hole and a first indicator portion. The housing includes a top wall having a top surface, a bottom wall having a bottom surface and opposing the top wall, and a front wall having a specified height and being formed along peripheries of the top wall and the bottom wall. The hole is provided in the front wall. The first indicator portion includes at least one first aperture and indicates a first element among a plurality of elements of a type of the tape. The first indicator portion is provided in a portion, spaced from the front wall, of the bottom wall. The hole and the one first aperture is located to intersect a virtual line orthogonal to the front wall when viewing along a vertical direction orthogonal to the top wall and the bottom wall.