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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
May. 27, 2004
Sam Cockerill, Cambridge, GB;
Costa Panayi, Hertfordshire, GB;
Francois Lecomte, Woking, GB;
Anthony Roy Dunn, Hertfordshire, GB;
Jonathan Tremlett, London, GB;
Sam Cockerill, Cambridge, GB;
Costa Panayi, Hertfordshire, GB;
Francois Lecomte, Woking, GB;
Anthony Roy Dunn, Hertfordshire, GB;
Jonathan Tremlett, London, GB;
Esselte, Sint Niklaas, BE;
Abstract
The invention refers to a tape printing device () for hand-held operation, having a housing with a first part and a second part, wherein the first part of the housing comprises a surface with a keyboard with keys () for inputting desired characters to be printed onto an image receiving tape (), the surface having a breadth which is larger than a thickness of the first part of the housing, preferably a multiple thereof, and the second part of the housing comprises a cassette receiving bay () for accomodating a tape cassette () holding a supply of the image receiving tape (), the second part of the housing further enclosing a print mechanism () arranged to print the desired characters onto the image receiving tape (). Further a tape cassette () with an angled peel slot () is disclosed.