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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Koshiro Yamaguchi, Kakamigahara, JP;

Tsuyoshi Nagae, Kasugai, JP;

Teruo Imamaki, Nissin, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 32/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 33/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 32/00 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 11/009 (2013.01); B41J 15/044 (2013.01); B41J 33/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tape cassette that includes a housing having a front wall and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing, and a pressing portion and a first non-pressing portion on the front wall. The pressing portion and the first non-pressing portion are positioned to oppose tape type detecting switches of the label printer when the cassette is in the label printer. The pressing portion is configured to change a state of an opposing one of the tape type detecting switches, and the first non-pressing portion is configured to avoid changing a state of an opposing one of the tape type detecting switches. The first non-pressing portion is a planar area of the front wall extending in a tape width direction from a top surface of the housing to a bottom surface of the housing.


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