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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1994
Junji Shiota, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A tape cutting device includes a fixed blade fixed to a frame and a movable blade fixed to a manually pivotable lever. A printing operation to the print tape is performed by a print head and a platen. In this case, the tape runs by the rotation of the press roller and a tape feed roller, those being driven by a driving motor 2 through a power transmitting portion including a gear train. A gear of the gear train is associated with a tape cutting prevention mechanism including a stop lever. When the tape printing operation is carried out, the stop lever is movable to a first pivot position where the manually pivotable lever is abuttable on the stop lever to prevent the manually pivotable lever to be angularly rotated. When the tape is to be cut, the stop lever is moved to a second pivot position offset from the manually pivotable lever. Thus, the movable blade can be moved toward the fixed blade to cut the tape.