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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2011
Tomohiko Sugino, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhiro Shibata, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Horiuchi, Nagoya, JP;
Tsutomu Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Tomohiko Sugino, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhiro Shibata, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Horiuchi, Nagoya, JP;
Tsutomu Kato, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A tape cassette includes a first guide member provided between a feed portion and a discharge slot, and positioned on or immediately before the discharge slot, on an upstream side in a travel direction of a ink ribbon, wherein the first guide member bends and guides travel of the ink ribbon in the predetermined direction while making contact with a reverse side of a inked surface of the ink ribbon and a second guide member provided between the feed portion and the discharge slot, and positioned on an upstream side in the travel direction of the ink ribbon with respect to the first guide member, wherein the second guide member bends and guides the travel of the ink ribbon in the predetermined direction while making contact with the reverse side of the inked surface of the ink ribbon.