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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2001
Yoshihito Nonomura, Gifu, JP;
Yoshihito Nonomura, Gifu, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
In a tape cassette () to be used for a tape printing device (), a roll part Tof a print tape T having a preset tape width is firmly attached to the under surface of a rotation support section () of a tape unit () by a lower spool (). The tape unit () is provided with a tape identification section () for identifying the type etc. of the rolled tape. In the tape identification section (), a vertical through hole () as a tape width identification part is provided varying its position depending on the tape width. Meanwhile, a cassette case body () and a cassette cover () of the tape cassette () are provided with a tape detection part () to which the tape identification section () can be set or attached, while being provided with a projection () as a tape width detection part to be paired with the vertical through hole () so that only a tape unit () including a rolled print tape having a preset tape width is allowed to be attached to the tape cassette (). By the composition, erroneous loading of an improper tape unit () (to which a tape of a different width has been set) in the tape cassette () can be prevented.