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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Taruya, Shiojiri, JP;
Taishi Sasaki, Matsumoto, JP;
Akio Ishimoto, Shiojiri, JP;
Hirosuke Yasuki, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a tape cartridge, in which the cartridge case is provided with an outer protrusion portion received by an outer recess portion, the outer protrusion portion blocks insertion of a third core projection into a core hole of a tape core B around which a tape B, which is different in type from the tape A, is wound and which has a shape different from that of the tape core A, by contact with the tape core B when the tape roll A is mistakenly replaced with a tape roll B included in a tape cartridge B, which is configured to be mounted on a tape printing apparatus, and including the tape B and the tape core B.