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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Sakano, Suwa, JP;
Hideo Sodeyama, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tape cartridge includes a printing tape, an ink ribbon, a platen roller that receives power from a tape feeding mechanism portion and faces a printing head portion so that the printing tape and the ink ribbon are provided between a platen roller and a printing head at a printing position, a cartridge casing that accommodates the printing tape, the ink ribbon, and the platen roller, an insertion opening that is provided on the cartridge casing and in which a head cover is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion, and a facing portion that is provided on an opening peripheral wall portion of the insertion opening and receives a convex portion to restrict a displacement of the tape cartridge in the cartridge installation portion.