Tape printing device and tape printing system

    公开(公告)号:US09956798B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-01

    申请号:US15128223

    申请日:2015-03-19

    IPC分类号: B41J15/04 B41J32/00

    摘要: A tape printing device or the like in which the loading of a tape cartridge can be detected and in which the misalignment of the loaded tape cartridge can be restrained at the same time, is provided. A tape printing device includes: a cartridge loading section in which a tape cartridge is loaded in an unloadable manner; a push switch which is provided in the cartridge loading section and detects the loaded tape cartridge. The push switch has a stem which is energized in a protruding direction by a build-in spring, and the stem in an actuated state energizes the loaded tape cartridge in a direction intersecting with a loading direction.

    TAPE CARTRIDGE
    2.
    发明申请
    TAPE CARTRIDGE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180043714A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-15

    申请号:US15730985

    申请日:2017-10-12

    IPC分类号: B41J32/00 B41J15/04 B41J3/407

    摘要: A tape cartridge to be installed in a cartridge installation portion of a tape printing apparatus, to which the tape cartridge is detachably installed and which includes an installation base for positioning the tape cartridge, includes a printing tape and a cartridge casing in which the printing tape is accommodated and forms an outer shell of the tape cartridge. The cartridge casing includes a first casing disposed at a front side of the tape when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion, and a second casing disposed at a back side of the tape cartridge when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion. The first casing is formed with an elastic portion which is deformed by a pressing force of a pressing portion of the tape printing apparatus on a casing wall of the first casing at the frond side of the tape cartridge.

    TAPE CARTRIDGE
    3.
    发明申请
    TAPE CARTRIDGE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180037043A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-08

    申请号:US15787402

    申请日:2017-10-18

    IPC分类号: B41J32/00 B41J15/04 B41J3/407

    摘要: A tape cartridge includes a platen roller, a winding up core, and a cartridge casing that accommodates a printing tape, an ink ribbon, the platen roller, and the winding up core. The cartridge casing includes an insertion opening in which a head cover on a cartridge installation portion is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion. The insertion opening includes an inner wall portion including a first inner wall that is disposed at a printing tape accommodation side of the insertion opening and a second inner wall that is disposed at a winding up core side of the insertion opening, and a facing portion that is a corner portion formed by the first inner wall and the second inner wall and faces a convex portion on one of the corners of the head cover when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion.

    Ribbon Cassette Including Spring Member for Applying Tension to Ink Ribbon

    公开(公告)号:US20180015758A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-18

    申请号:US15718213

    申请日:2017-09-28

    IPC分类号: B41J32/00 B41J2/325

    CPC分类号: B41J32/00 B41J2/325 B41J17/32

    摘要: A ribbon cassette includes: a cassette case having first and second holes; an ink ribbon; first and second spools; an engaging part; and a spring member. The ink ribbon has one end wound on the first spool, and another end connected to a first end portion of the second spool. The spring member is wound around a second portion of the second spool. The spring member includes: a winding part wound around the second portion; and an extension part extending from the winding part and engaged with the engaging part. The winding part is wound in a direction opposite to a take-up direction of the second spool. A second draw-out load applied to the ink ribbon being pulled from the second spool through the second hole is smaller than a first draw-out load applied to the ink ribbon being pulled from the first spool through the first hole.

    TAPE CASSETTE
    5.
    发明申请
    TAPE CASSETTE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180015756A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-18

    申请号:US15715329

    申请日:2017-09-26

    摘要: A tape cassette that includes a housing having a front wall and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing, and a pressing portion and a first non-pressing portion on the front wall. The pressing portion and the first non-pressing portion are positioned to oppose tape type detecting switches of the label printer when the cassette is in the label printer. The pressing portion is configured to change a state of an opposing one of the tape type detecting switches, and the first non-pressing portion is configured to avoid changing a state of an opposing one of the tape type detecting switches. The first non-pressing portion is a planar area of the front wall extending in a tape width direction from a top surface of the housing to a bottom surface of the housing.

    TAPE CARTRIDGE
    7.
    发明申请
    TAPE CARTRIDGE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170326892A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-16

    申请号:US15663449

    申请日:2017-07-28

    发明人: Hideki Sakano

    IPC分类号: B41J15/04

    摘要: A tape cartridge which contains a tape-shaped printing medium and is to be mounted on a mounting section of a tape printer includes a tape roll around which the printing medium is wound and a core shaft portion that rotatably supports the tape roll. An inner circumferential portion of the core shaft includes a shape forming a first fitting portion which is fitted to a pedestal portion erectly disposed on the mounting section when the tape cartridge is mounted on the mounting section, and a second fitting portion which is fitted to a first convex portion erectly disposed on the pedestal portion when the tape cartridge is mounted on the mounting section.

    TAPE CARTRIDGE
    9.
    发明申请
    TAPE CARTRIDGE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170217228A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-03

    申请号:US15494154

    申请日:2017-04-21

    IPC分类号: B41J15/04 B41J3/407

    摘要: A tape cartridge detachably installed on a cartridge installation portion of a tape printing apparatus having a first shaft and a second shaft on the cartridge installation portion. The tape cartridge includes a tape accommodation area in which a printing tape and a tape core are accommodated. A platen has a first reception portion in which the first shaft is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed, and a second reception portion into which the second shaft is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion. When seen from an attaching direction of the tape cartridge, the tape cartridge has an appearance that is formed in an L-shape and of which a base end at a right side surface slightly projects. The first reception portion and the second reception portion are arranged each other from opposite side of the tape accommodation portion.