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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1988
Susumu Kuzuya, Gifu, JP;
Yoshiaki Nagao, Nagoya, JP;
Hideo Asakura, Nagoya, JP;
Shigenori Hattori, Aichi, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A tape printer for use with a detachably loaded tape cassette including a thermal printing head secured to a frame, and a platen roller mounted together with a tape feed roller in a platen holder rotatably mounted on the frame. When the tape cassette is loaded in the tape printer, an image source tape in the cassette is biased by a spring member outwardly of a head insertion recess. In a subsequent printing operation preparation, the spring member is engaged with a spring pushing piece on the platen holder to release the biasing to the image source tape and permit contact thereof with the printing head.