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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2022
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Kentaro Murayama, Kasugai, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printing cassette to be attached to and detached from a printing apparatus main body is provided. The printing apparatus main body includes a drive shaft rotatable around an axis. The printing cassette includes: a first tape; a spool around which the first tape is wound or is to be wound and rotatable around a rotational axis parallel to a first direction; a first engaging portion of the spool configured to transmit a driving force of a drive shaft to the spool; and an input gear disposed at a different position from the spool in the first direction and engageable with another gear. The first engaging portion and the input gear engage with the drive shaft at different positions in the first direction when the printing cassette is attached to the printing apparatus main body.