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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hideki Sakano, Suwa, JP;
Hideo Sodeyama, Suwa, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 32/00 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 32/00 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 15/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tape cartridge to be installed in a tape printing apparatus by which a printing tape is fed out to perform printing on the printing tape. The tape cartridge includes the printing tape, a cartridge casing in which the printing tape is accommodated, and an elastic portion by which a reaction force is generated when the elastic portion is deformed by a pressing force of a pressing portion of the tape printing apparatus. The elastic portion is provided on a front surface of the cartridge casing.