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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sam Cockerill, Harston, GB;
Costa Panayi, Royston, GB;
Assignee:
Esselte N.V., Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400621 ; 83162 ; 83401 ; 83404 ; 400208 ;
Abstract
A tape printing device which receives a tape cassette that accommodates a printable tape. The tape cassette includes a housing having a wall portion which is arranged to support the tape during a cutting operation which is performed with a cutting mechanism of the tape printing device. To align the cutting mechanism with the cassette during cutting, the wall portion of the cassette housing is arranged for interacting with a guide mechanism that connects the cutting mechanism and the wall portion during cutting and aligns the cutting mechanism with the wall portion.