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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Koshiro Yamaguchi, Kakamigahara, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nagae, Kasugai, JP;
Teruo Imamaki, Nissin, JP;
Masato Kato, Kasugai, JP;
Takashi Horiuchi, Kariya, JP;
Akira Sago, Seto, JP;
Yasuhiro Iriyama, Mie-gun, JP;
Yasuhiro Shibata, Okazaki, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A tape cassette that includes a tape cassette that includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear wall, a front wall, and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path extending to the tape feed exit, and a first indicator aperture positioned on the front wall and a second indicator aperture position on a rear portion of the bottom surface. A position of the first indicator aperture on the front wall indicates a type of the tape included within the housing. A position of the second indicator aperture indicates a color of characters.