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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1995
Yasuhiko Iwane, Iwate-ken, JP;
Masahiko Mori, Iwate-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a tape cassette which requires a small operating space for the attachment and detachment thereof and suitable for use in a thin-type printing apparatus suitable for an integral association with various types of apparatuses. The tape cassette is mounted in a tape printing apparatus equipped with a printing head and a head driving mechanism for driving this printing head and includes a tape-type recording medium accommodated in a cassette body, wherein a cam surface is provided on the surface of the cassette body, the cam surface being adapted to drive the head driving mechanism of the tape printing apparatus when the tape cassette is attached to the tape printing apparatus.