JP6848819B2 - Tape cassette and tape cassette unit - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a tape cassette and a tape cassette unit.

Conventionally, tape cassettes used for printing are known. For example, the tape cassette described in Patent Document 1 includes a box-shaped cassette case. A tape used for printing is stored inside the cassette case.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-232462

For example, in the tape cassette, it is conceivable to mount a storage unit for storing information about the tape cassette on the substrate and arrange the substrate on the outer wall of the cassette case. When the board is placed on the outer wall, the user may grab the board when handling the tape cassette. If the substrate is grasped, an external force may be applied to the substrate, which may adversely affect the storage unit.

An object of the present invention is to provide a tape cassette and a tape cassette unit capable of suppressing an adverse effect on the storage unit even when a substrate having a storage unit is arranged on an outer wall.

The tape cassette according to the first aspect of the present invention has a first outer wall, a second outer wall, a third outer wall, a fourth outer wall, a fifth outer wall, and a sixth outer wall, and the first outer wall and the second outer wall. Extend in parallel and line up in the first direction orthogonal to the first outer wall and the second outer wall, and the third outer wall and the fourth outer wall extend in parallel and extend to each other and the third outer wall And the second direction orthogonal to the fourth outer wall, the fifth outer wall and the sixth outer wall extend in parallel, and are arranged in the third direction orthogonal to the fifth outer wall and the sixth outer wall. , The first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are provided on the fourth outer wall, a box-shaped cassette case intersecting with each other, a tape stored inside the cassette case, and the fourth outer wall, respectively. A discharge portion for discharging the tape, a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface are provided, and at least one conductive terminal is provided on the first surface. The surface is provided with a substrate provided with a storage unit electrically connected to the conductive terminal, and the substrate is in a state where the first surface faces the direction from the fourth outer wall to the third outer wall. Provided on the third outer wall, at least a part of the substrate overlaps with at least a part of the discharge part in the second direction.

The tape cassette according to the second aspect of the present invention has a first outer wall, a second outer wall, a third outer wall, a fourth outer wall, a fifth outer wall, and a sixth outer wall, and the first outer wall and the second outer wall. Extend in parallel and line up in the first direction orthogonal to the first outer wall and the second outer wall, and the third outer wall and the fourth outer wall extend in parallel and extend to each other and the third outer wall And the second direction orthogonal to the fourth outer wall, the fifth outer wall and the sixth outer wall extend in parallel, and are arranged in the third direction orthogonal to the fifth outer wall and the sixth outer wall. , The first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are provided on the fourth outer wall, a box-shaped cassette case intersecting with each other, a tape stored inside the cassette case, and the fourth outer wall, respectively. The substrate includes a discharge unit for discharging the tape, a communication unit capable of wireless communication with an external device, and a substrate provided with a storage unit electrically connected to the communication unit. The substrate is the third outer wall. At least a part of the substrate overlaps with at least a part of the discharge part in the second direction.

In the tape cassette according to the first aspect and the second aspect, since the discharging portion discharges the tape, it is less likely to be touched by the user than other parts. Since at least a portion of the substrate overlaps at least a portion of the discharge portion in the second direction, the substrate is less likely to be touched by the user. Therefore, the tape cassette can suppress an adverse effect on the storage unit even when the substrate having the storage unit is arranged on the outer wall.

The tape cassette unit according to the third aspect of the present invention includes a tape cassette according to the first aspect or the second aspect and an accommodating body for accommodating the tape cassette, and the accommodating body has the accommodating body at one end. The tape cassette includes a gusset portion formed by folding, and the tape cassette is housed in the housing with the substrate facing the gusset portion.

In the tape cassette unit according to the third aspect, since the tape cassette is housed in the housing, the substrate is not easily touched by the user. Even when the tape cassette is removed from the housing by the user, the substrate is not easily touched by the user because at least a part of the substrate overlaps with at least a part of the discharging portion in the second direction. Therefore, the tape cassette unit according to the third aspect can exert the same effect as the tape cassette according to the first aspect and the second aspect.

It is a perspective view which saw the printing apparatus 1 from the right front upper side. It is a perspective view of the main body housing 10 seen from the lower left rear side. It is a bottom view of the main body housing 10. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the terminal unit 30 when the terminal holder 32 is in the first position, cut by a plane orthogonal to the vertical direction and viewed from below. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the terminal unit 30 when the terminal holder 32 is in the second position, cut by a plane orthogonal to the vertical direction and viewed from below. It is a perspective view which saw the tape cassette unit 100 from the right front upper side. It is a perspective view which looked at the tape cassette 5 from the right front upper side. It is a perspective view which looked at the tape cassette 5 from the lower right front side. It is a perspective view of the laminated type tape cassette 5 (excluding the upper case 51) seen from substantially above. It is a rear view of the tape cassette 5. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the tape cassette 5 (excluding the upper case 51) in the direction of arrow AA in FIG. It is sectional drawing of the type display label 5A attached to the 1st type display part 53A. It is sectional drawing of the reading display label 5B attached to the reading display part 54A. It is a perspective view which looked at the tape cassette 5 (excluding the substrate 80) from the right front upper side. It is a right side view of the tape cassette 5 (excluding the substrate 80). It is a figure which looked at the substrate 80 from the 2nd surface 80B side. It is a perspective view which looked at the containment body 9 from the right front upper side. It is a right side view of a tape cassette unit 100. It is a bottom view of the main body housing 10 when the tape cassette 5 is mounted on the mounting part 20. It is a perspective view which looked at the circumference of the arrangement part 70 which provided the relief hole 721 instead of the relief recess 72 from substantially above. It is a perspective view of the tape cassette 5 (excluding the upper case 51) of the modified example seen from substantially above. It is a right side view of the tape cassette 5 (excluding the substrate 80) which has a pair of convex portions 74. It is a figure which looked at the substrate 80 which has a pair of holes 86 from the side of the 2nd surface 80B.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The reference drawings are used to illustrate the technical features that can be adopted by the present invention. The configuration of the device described in the drawings is not intended to be limited thereto, but is merely an example of explanation. The terms "same shape" and "same position" used in the following description are not intended to be limited to those having exactly the same shape and those having exactly the same position, respectively, and have substantially the same shape and the same position. The purpose is to include those that are in substantially the same position. The terms "parallel" and "orthogonal" are not limited to those that are completely parallel and orthogonal, respectively, but include those that are substantially parallel and orthogonal, respectively.

The configuration of the printing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. In the following description, the upper left side, the lower right side, the lower left side, the upper right side, the upper side, and the lower side of FIG. 1 are referred to as the left side, the right side, the front side, the rear side, the upper side, and the lower side of the printing apparatus 1, respectively. .. The printing apparatus 1 can use various tape cassettes (for example, laminate, receptor type, thermal type, tube type) as one unit. Hereinafter, various long printing media (for example, double-sided adhesive tape 6, film tape 7, single-sided adhesive tape, heat-sensitive paper tape, tube tape) housed in the tape cassette 5 (see FIG. 7) are collectively referred to as "tape". ". The printing device 1 can perform a printing operation of printing characters such as characters, figures, and symbols on a tape.

As shown in FIG. 1, the printing apparatus 1 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. The printing device 1 has a main body housing 10 and a cover 19. A keyboard 11 is provided on the front portion of the upper surface of the main body housing 10. The keyboard 11 performs various character inputs and the like. A function key group 12 is provided behind the keyboard 11. The function key group 12 includes a power button, a print start button, and the like, and inputs various instructions to the printing device 1. A liquid crystal display 13 is provided behind the function key group 12. The liquid crystal display 13 displays the input character. The cover 19 is attached to the lower side of the main body housing 10 so as to be openable and closable.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the main body housing 10 is provided with a mounting portion 20. The mounting portion 20 is recessed upward from the lower surface of the main body housing 10 and includes a bottom wall 20A and a side wall 20B. The bottom wall 20A has a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the bottom, and is orthogonal to the vertical direction. The side wall 20B extends downward from the peripheral edge of the bottom wall 20A. A tape cassette 5 can be attached to and detached from the mounting portion 20 in the vertical direction.

A head holder 21, a platen holder 23, a tape drive shaft 26, a ribbon winding shaft 27, hooks 28A and 28B, ribs 29 (see FIG. 3), a terminal unit 30, and the like are arranged on the mounting portion 20. The head holder 21 has a plate shape and extends downward from the right side portion of the bottom wall 20A. A thermal head 22 (see FIG. 3) is arranged on the right surface of the head holder 21.

The platen holder 23 is arranged on the right side of the mounting portion 20. The platen holder 23 can rotate substantially in the left-right direction about the front end portion. The platen holder 23 rotatably supports the platen roller 24 and the tape sub-roller 25 in the counterclockwise direction when viewed from the bottom. The platen roller 24 is provided at a position facing the thermal head 22 from the right side. The tape sub-roller 25 is provided near the rear side of the platen roller 24. The tape drive shaft 26 is provided on the left side of the tape subroller 25 and extends downward from the bottom wall 20A. The ribbon winding shaft 27 extends downward from substantially the center of the bottom wall 20A.

The hook 28A projects downward from the front end portion of the bottom wall 20A and is elastically deformable in the front-rear direction. The hook 28B projects downward from the rear end of the bottom wall 20A and is elastically deformable in the front-rear direction. The rib 29 is provided at a position on the left end of the mounting portion 20 on the front side of the center in the front-rear direction, and extends downward from the bottom wall 20A. The left end of the rib 29 is connected to the side wall 20B. The terminal unit 30 is arranged at the front right corner of the side wall 20B. Details of the terminal unit 30 will be described later.

A cutting device 15 is provided in the vicinity of the rear right of the tape drive shaft 26. An operation unit 14 is provided at the right rear corner of the main body housing 10. The operation unit 14 is pressed inward to operate the cutting device 15 to cut the printed tape. A tape discharge port 16 is provided on the rear side of the cutting device 15. The tape discharge port 16 is an opening that penetrates the main body housing 10 in the front-rear direction. The tape discharge port 16 discharges the printed tape cut by the cutting device 15 to the outside of the main body housing 10.

The printing device 1 includes a control unit (not shown) inside the main body housing 10. The control unit includes a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like, and controls the printing operation by the printing device 1.

The terminal unit 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 4, and 5. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the terminal unit 30 includes a holder support portion 31, a terminal holder 32, and an urging member 33. The holder support portion 31 is fixed to the side wall 20B (see FIG. 2). The holder support portion 31 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape and opens rearward. The terminal holder 32 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape and opens forward. The terminal holder 32 is arranged inside the holder support portion 31, and is supported by the holder support portion 31 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction between the first position (see FIG. 4) and the second position (see FIG. 5). .. The terminal holder 32 at the first position projects rearward from the rear-facing surface of the side wall 20B (see FIG. 4). The terminal holder 32 in the second position has a smaller amount of protrusion from the rearward facing surface of the side wall 20B than in the first position (see FIG. 5).

As shown in FIG. 2, the rear portion of the upper end portion of the terminal holder 32 is inclined to the rear diagonally upper side. The rear surface of the terminal holder 32 (hereinafter, referred to as “terminal surface 32A”) has a rectangular shape. A pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 are provided on the terminal surface 32A. The pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 are all metal terminals, and are electrically connected to the control unit of the printing device 1 via a harness (not shown). The pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 are arranged in the left-right direction with a predetermined gap between them. The pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 have a rectangular shape that is long in the vertical direction and have the same shape as each other. The upper ends of the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 are at the same position in the vertical direction. The lower ends of the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 are at the same position in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the urging member 33 is a coil spring, one end of which is fixed to the holder support portion 31, and the other end of which is the surface of the terminal holder 32 opposite to the terminal surface 32A (that is, the surface opposite to the terminal surface 32A). It is fixed to the front). The urging member 33 urges the terminal holder 32 rearward from the second position (see FIG. 5) toward the first position (see FIG. 4).

The tape cassette unit 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 18. In the following description, the upper left side, the lower right side, the lower left side, the upper right side, the upper side, and the lower side of FIG. 6 are referred to as the left side, the right side, the front side, the rear side, the upper side, and the lower side of the tape cassette unit 100, respectively. To do.

As shown in FIG. 6, the tape cassette unit 100 includes a tape cassette 5 and an accommodating body 9. For example, it is assumed that the unused tape cassette 5 is distributed in the market as a tape cassette unit 100 in a state of being housed in the housing body 9. The housing 9 is, for example, a flexible resin packing bag. The user takes out the tape cassette 5 from the housing 9 and uses it.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the tape cassette 5 includes a cassette case 50. The cassette case 50 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape, and has an upper case 51 and a lower case 52. The upper case 51 and the lower case 52 are arranged vertically with respect to each other, and the upper case 51 is assembled on the upper side of the lower case 52. The upper case 51 has an upper wall 53 and a peripheral wall 59A. The lower case 52 has a lower wall 54 and a peripheral wall 59B. The upper wall 53 and the lower wall 54 extend parallel to the front, rear, left, and right, respectively. The lower wall 54 is arranged side by side on the lower side of the upper wall 53.

The peripheral wall 59A extends downward from the peripheral edge of the upper wall 53. The peripheral wall 59B extends upward from the peripheral edge of the lower wall 54. The peripheral walls 59A and 59B form the right wall 55, the left wall 56 (see FIG. 9), the front wall 57, and the rear wall 58 (see FIG. 10) with the upper case 51 assembled to the lower case 52. The right wall 55 and the left wall 56 extend parallel to the front, back, top, and bottom, respectively. The left wall 56 is arranged side by side on the left side of the right wall 55. The front wall 57 and the rear wall 58 extend parallel to each other in the vertical and horizontal directions. The rear wall 58 is arranged side by side on the rear side of the front wall 57.

The upper wall 53, the lower wall 54, the right wall 55, the left wall 56, the front wall 57, and the rear wall 58 are outer walls facing the outside of the cassette case 50, respectively. The distance L1 between the front wall 57 and the rear wall 58 is larger than the distance L2 between the upper wall 53 and the lower wall 54. The distance L3 between the right wall 55 and the left wall 56 is larger than the distance L1.

As shown in FIG. 9, the front wall 57 is provided with a head insertion portion 61. The head insertion portion 61 is recessed rearward from the vicinity of the left end portion of the front wall 57 and extends to the right. Of the front wall 57, a portion extending on the front side of the head insertion portion 61 is referred to as an “arm portion 62”. A first discharge port 63 is formed at the left end of the arm portion 62. The first discharge port 63 is an opening extending in the vertical direction, and discharges the tape and the ink ribbon 4 from the inside of the cassette case 50 to the outside.

A second discharge port 64 is provided at the front end of the left wall 56. Hereinafter, the regions when the right wall 55 and the left wall 56 are divided into three equal parts in the front-rear direction are divided into three equal parts in the front-rear direction, respectively, in the order from the rear to the front, "first region R1", "second region R2", and "third region". Let it be "R3". The second discharge port 64 is arranged in the third region R3 on the downstream side in the tape transport direction with respect to the first discharge port 63. The second discharge port 64 is an opening extending in the vertical direction, and discharges the tape discharged from the second discharge port 64 to the outside and guides the tape to the tape discharge port 16.

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the right wall 55 is provided with an arrangement portion 70 and ribs 65A, 65B, 65C. The arranging unit 70 is arranged in the third region R3. The substrate 80 is arranged in the arrangement portion 70. Details of the arrangement portion 70 and the substrate 80 will be described later.

The ribs 65A, 65B, and 65C are provided at positions shifted rearward from the substrate 80, and project from the right wall 55 toward the outside (that is, the right side) of the cassette case 50 to the right side of the substrate 80. The rib 65A extends in the vertical direction from the vicinity of the rear side of the arrangement portion 70 to the rear side of the central portion in the front-rear direction of the right wall 55. The rib 65B is connected to the front end portion of the rib 65A and extends in the vertical direction between the upper end portion of the right wall 55 and the lower end portion of the right wall 55. The rib 65C is connected to the rear end portion of the rib 65A and extends in the vertical direction between the upper end portion of the right wall 55 and the lower end portion of the right wall 55.

As shown in FIG. 9, ribs 66A, 66B, 66C are provided on the left wall 56. The ribs 66A, 66B, and 66C are respectively provided at positions shifted rearward from the substrate 80, and project from the left wall 56 toward the outside (that is, the left side) of the cassette case 50. The rib 66A extends in the front-rear direction with the central portion of the left wall 56 in the front-rear direction interposed therebetween. The rib 66B connects to the front end portion of the rib 66A and extends in the vertical direction between the upper end portion of the left wall 56 and the lower end portion of the left wall 56. The rib 66C is connected to the rear end portion of the rib 66A and extends in the vertical direction between the upper end portion of the left wall 56 and the lower end portion of the left wall 56.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the cassette case 50 has common portions 50A, 50B, 50C and a pair of protruding portions 511 and 512. The common portion 50A is a right rear corner portion of the cassette case 50, and includes a rear end portion of the right wall 55 and a right end portion of the rear wall 58. The common portion 50B is a right front corner portion of the cassette case 50, and includes a front end portion of the right wall 55 and a right end portion of the front wall 57. The common portion 50C is a left rear corner portion of the cassette case 50, and includes a rear end portion of the left wall 56 and a left end portion of the rear wall 58. The vertical lengths of the common portions 50A, 50B, and 50C are smaller than the maximum vertical length of the cassette case 50.

The protruding portion 511 projects upward from the upper wall 53. The protrusion 512 projects downward from the lower wall 54. That is, the projecting portions 511 and 512 project outward from each other from the upper wall 53 and the lower wall 54. The pair of protrusions 511 and 512 extend along the periphery of the upper wall 53 and the lower wall 54, respectively. The upper end 501 of the protrusion 511 is located on the uppermost side of the cassette case 50. The lower end portion 502 of the protruding portion 512 is located at the lowermost side of the cassette case 50. The common portions 50A, 50B, and 50C are respectively arranged between the upper end portion 501 and the lower end portion 502 in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 7, the protrusion 511 includes a first connection portion 511A, a second connection portion 511B, and a third connection portion 511C. The first connection portion 511A is arranged in the vicinity of the common portion 50A. One end of the first connection portion 511A is connected to the right wall 55, and the other end is connected to the rear wall 58. That is, the first connection portion 511A connects the right wall 55 and the rear wall 58. The shape of the first connection portion 511A is an arc shape having a center of curvature on the center side of the cassette case 50 with respect to the first connection portion 511A.

The second connecting portion 511B is arranged in the vicinity of the common portion 50B. One end of the second connection portion 511B is connected to the right wall 55, and the other end is connected to the front wall 57. That is, the second connection portion 511B connects the right wall 55 and the front wall 57. The second connection portion 511B is curved from the vicinity of the front side of the rear end portion of the arrangement portion 70 to the front diagonally left side. That is, the shape of the second connecting portion 511B is an arc shape having a center of curvature on the center side of the cassette case 50 (that is, the side opposite to the substrate 80 and the common portion 50B) with respect to the second connecting portion 511B. Only the rear end portion of the second connection portion 511B (that is, the connection portion with the right wall 55) overlaps the arrangement portion 70 and the substrate 80 in the vertical direction.

The third connecting portion 511C is arranged in the vicinity of the common portion 50C. One end of the third connection portion 511C is connected to the left wall 56, and the other end is connected to the rear wall 58. That is, the third connection portion 511C connects the left wall 56 and the rear wall 58. The shape of the third connection portion 511C is an arc shape having a center of curvature on the center side of the cassette case 50 with respect to the third connection portion 511C.

As shown in FIG. 8, the protruding portion 512 includes a first connecting portion 512A, a second connecting portion 512B, and a third connecting portion 512C. The first connection portion 512A, the second connection portion 512B, and the third connection portion 512C correspond to the first connection portion 511A, the second connection portion 511B, and the third connection portion 511C, respectively. The points at which the first connection portion 512A, the second connection portion 512B, and the third connection portion 512C project from the first connection portion 511A, the second connection portion 511B, and the third connection portion 511C, respectively. However, the shapes and the like are substantially the same, so the description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 10, a hook 67A is provided on the rear wall 58 included in the upper case 51. The hook 67A extends downward from the rear wall 58 included in the upper case 51 and is elastically deformable in the front-rear direction. A hole 67B is provided in the rear wall 58 included in the lower case 52. The hole 67B penetrates the rear wall 58 included in the lower case 52 in the front-rear direction. The hook 67A and the hole 67B are arranged in the left-right direction at a substantially central portion between the central portion of the rear wall 58 and the common portion 50A. The hook 67A engages with the hole 67B from the front side in a state where the upper case 51 is assembled to the lower case 52. With the upper case 51 assembled to the lower case 52, the vertical distance A1 between the upper end 501 and the hole 67B is smaller than the vertical distance A2 between the lower end 502 and the hole 67B.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the rear wall 58 is provided with a recess 68. The recess 68 is adjacent to the right side of the hook 67A and the hole 67B. The recess 68 is recessed forward from the rear wall 58 and extends in the vertical direction. The recess 68 includes a first facing wall 68A, a second facing wall 68B, and a connecting wall 68C.

The first facing wall 68A and the second facing wall 68B face each other in the left-right direction. The second facing wall 68B is arranged on the right side of the first facing wall 68A. That is, the lateral distance B2 between the second facing wall 68B and the hook 67A and the hole 67B is larger than the distance B1 between the first facing wall 68A and the hook 67A and the hole 67B. The first facing wall 68A is connected to a portion including the upper end portion 501 and the lower end portion 502. That is, the first facing wall 68A is connected to a portion where the pair of projecting portions 511, 512 and the rear wall 58 are continuous. The second facing wall 68B is connected to the common portion 50A. That is, the vertical length T1 of the first facing wall 68A is larger than the vertical length T2 of the second facing wall 68B. The upper end of the first facing wall 68A is above the upper end of the second facing wall 68B. The lower end of the first facing wall 68A is below the lower end of the second facing wall 68B. The connecting wall 68C is orthogonal to the front-rear direction and connects the front end portion of the first facing wall 68A and the front end portion of the second facing wall 68B to each other.

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the cassette case 50 has a tape drive roller 46 and support portions 49A to 49D. The tape drive roller 46 is a tubular body extending in the vertical direction between the upper wall 53 and the lower wall 54, and is arranged at the left front corner of the cassette case 50. The tape drive roller 46 is rotatably supported by an upper wall 53 and a lower wall 54. The support portion 49A is a tubular body extending in the vertical direction between the upper wall 53 and the lower wall 54. The support portions 49B and 49C are shaft bodies extending in the vertical direction between the upper wall 53 and the lower wall 54. The support portion 49D penetrates the upper wall 53 and the lower wall 54 in the vertical direction, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 9, the support portion 49A is arranged on the rear diagonally right side of the tape drive roller 46 and rotatably supports the first tape spool 40. The first tape is wound around the first tape spool 40. The support portion 49B is arranged on the right side of the support portion 49A and rotatably supports the second tape spool 41. A second tape is wound around the second tape spool 41. The support portion 49C is arranged diagonally to the right in front of the support portion 49B and rotatably supports the ribbon spool 42. An unused ink ribbon 4 is wound around the ribbon spool 42. The support portion 49D is arranged diagonally to the left in front of the support portion 49B, and rotatably supports the ribbon take-up spool 44 (see FIG. 7). The used ink ribbon 4 is wound and wound around the ribbon winding spool 44.

The tape cassette 5 can be mounted on a laminate type, a receptor type, a thermal type, a tube type, or the like by appropriately changing the type of tape stored inside the cassette case 50, the presence or absence of the ink ribbon 4, and the like. FIG. 9 illustrates a laminated type tape cassette 5. In the laminated type tape cassette 5, the support portion 49A rotatably supports the first tape spool 40 (hereinafter, referred to as “double-sided adhesive roll 6A”) on which the double-sided adhesive tape 6 is wound as the first tape. .. The support portion 49B rotatably supports the second tape spool 41 (hereinafter, referred to as “film roll 7A”) around which the film tape 7 is wound as the second tape. The support portion 49C rotatably supports the ribbon spool 42 (hereinafter, referred to as “ribbon roll 4A”) around which the unused ink ribbon 4 is wound.

The double-sided adhesive roll 6A, the film roll 7A, and the ribbon roll 4A are sources of the double-sided adhesive tape 6, the film tape 7, and the ink ribbon 4, respectively. In the double-sided adhesive roll 6A, the film roll 7A, and the ribbon roll 4A, the width directions of the double-sided adhesive tape 6, the film tape 7, and the ink ribbon 4 coincide with the vertical direction of the cassette case 50, respectively. It is stored inside. The recess 68 overlaps the ribbon roll 4A in the front-rear direction. The center Q of the ribbon roll 4A overlaps the recess 68 in the front-rear direction. The center Q coincides with the center of the support portion 49C in a state where the ribbon roll 4A is supported by the support portion 49C.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 11, ribs 47 are provided between the upper wall 53 and the lower wall 54 in the vertical direction. The rib 47 has a circular shape centered on the support portion 49B in a plan view in which the right front portion and the left rear portion open, and extends upward from the lower wall 54. A film roll 7A is arranged inside the rib 47. The rib 47 surrounds a part of the film roll 7A in the circumferential direction. The rear end portion of the rib 47 is arranged near the front side of the rear wall 58. A rib 48 is provided on the rear wall 58. The rib 48 projects forward from the first facing wall 68A and extends upward from the lower wall 54 to the upper end of the rib 47. The front end of the rib 48 is connected to the vicinity of the right side of the rear end of the rib 47. The connecting wall 68C is arranged between the second facing wall 68B and the rib 48 in the left-right direction. The vertical height H1 of the rib 48 from the lower wall 54 is lower than the vertical height H2 of the second facing wall 68B from the lower wall 54 (see FIG. 11).

As shown in FIG. 9, bending pins 45A to 45D are provided on the right front side of the ribbon roll 4A. The bending pins 45A, 45B, 45C, and 45D are arranged in this order from the front to the rear. Each of the bending pins 45A to 45D is a columnar shape extending in the vertical direction, and is fixedly supported by the lower wall 54. The bending pins 45A to 45D define a transport path for the film tape 7. The transport path of the film tape 7 extends forward from the film roll 7A, bends to the left via the bending pins 45D, 45C, 45B, 45A in this order, and reaches the second discharge port 64 via the first discharge port 63. Extend.

As shown in FIG. 7, the tape cassette 5 includes a first type display unit 53A. The first type display unit 53A is a rectangular area in a plan view, and is slightly recessed downward from the upper wall 53. The first type display unit 53A extends in the left-right direction between the support portions 49A and 49B, and extends in the front-rear direction between the position near the front end portion of the first region R1 and the rear end portion of the upper wall 53.

As shown in FIG. 10, the tape cassette 5 includes a second type display unit 58A. The second type display unit 58A is a rectangular area when viewed from the rear, and is provided on the rear wall 58. The second type display unit 58A extends in the left-right direction between the support portions 49A and 49B, and extends in the vertical direction between the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the rear wall 58. The upper end portion of the second type display unit 58A is connected to the rear end portion of the first type display unit 53A (see FIG. 7).

As shown in FIGS. 7, 10, and 12, the first type display unit 53A and the second type display unit 58A are provided with the type display label 5A straddling each of them. The type display label 5A has a rectangular shape along the first type display unit 53A and the second type display unit 58A, and has a front surface 51A and a back surface 52A on the opposite side. The type of the tape cassette 5 (tape color, tape width, character color printed on the tape (that is, the color of the ink ribbon 4), whether it is a laminate type, model number, etc.) is displayed on the surface 51A. .. In the examples of FIGS. 7 and 10, the type display label 5A has a tape color of red (RED), a tape width of 12 mm, and a character color printed on the tape (color of the ink ribbon 4) of black (BLACK INK). , Indicates that the tape cassette 5 is a laminated type (LAMINATED). Adhesive Z1 is applied to the back surface 52A. The type display label 5A is attached across the first type display unit 53A and the second type display unit 58A with the adhesive Z1 interposed therebetween.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 13, the tape cassette 5 includes a reading display unit 54A. The reading display unit 54A is a rectangular area when viewed from the bottom, and is provided on the lower wall 54. The reading display unit 54A is arranged in the area surrounded by the supporting units 49A, 49B, 49D. The reading display unit 54A is provided with a reading display label 5B. The reading display label 5B has a rectangular shape along the reading display unit 54A, and has a front surface 53B and a back surface 54B on the opposite side thereof. A cord 51B and a hologram 52B are provided on the surface 53B. The cord 51B is arranged on the right front portion of the surface 53B. Code 51B is a character such as a character, a figure, or a symbol that can be read by an optical reader (not shown). Specifically, the code 51B is a barcode, a QR code (registered trademark), or the like. The optical reader can obtain various information by reading the code 51B. The hologram 52B is arranged on the left side of the code 51B. The hologram 52B displays characters such as visible characters, figures, and symbols due to fine irregularities. The user can obtain various information by visually recognizing the hologram 52B. Adhesive Z2 is applied to the back surface 54B. The reading display label 5B is attached to the reading display unit 54A with the adhesive Z2 interposed therebetween.

The arrangement portion 70 and the substrate 80 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9 and 14 to 16. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 14, the arrangement portion 70 is recessed to the left from the right wall 55. The arranging portion 70 is arranged at a position adjacent to the front wall 57 of the right wall 55, that is, at the common portion 50B. The vicinity of the front end portion of the arrangement portion 70 overlaps with the second discharge port 64 in the left-right direction.

As shown in FIG. 9, the front wall 57 and the arrangement portion 70 are connected to each other by a connecting portion 70A. The connecting portion 70A is a right end portion of the front wall 57, and is a front end portion of the right wall 55 (arrangement portion 70). The shape of the connecting portion 70A is bent at an acute angle from the right end portion of the front wall 57 to the rear diagonally left side, and forms an arc shape in a plan view.

As shown in FIG. 14, the arrangement portion 70 extends in the vertical direction between the lower vicinity of the upper end portion of the right wall 55 and the upper vicinity of the lower end portion of the right wall 55. That is, the arrangement portion 70 does not extend to the upper wall 53 and the lower wall 54.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 14, the arrangement portion 70 has a first wall 71, a relief recess 72, and a second wall 73. The first wall 71, the relief recess 72, and the second wall 73 are arranged in this order from the rear to the front to form the bottom wall of the arrangement portion 70. The first wall 71 and the second wall 73 are arranged on the left side of the right surface of the right wall 55 (hereinafter, referred to as “specific surface 55A”) and extend in parallel with the right wall 55. The relief recess 72 is arranged in the third region R3 and is recessed to the left from the first wall 71 and the second wall 73. Inside the cassette case 50, the bottom wall of the relief recess 72 faces the tape (film tape 7 in FIG. 9) on the transport path in the left-right direction.

As shown in FIG. 15, when the first wall 71 and the second wall 73 are bisected in the vertical direction, the upper region of the first wall 71 is referred to as "first arrangement region D1", and the second The lower region of the wall 73 is referred to as the "second arrangement region D2", the lower region of the first wall 71 is referred to as the "third arrangement region D3", and the upper region of the second wall 73 is referred to as the upper region. It is called "fourth arrangement area D4".

The surface shapes of the first arrangement region D1, the second arrangement area D2, the third arrangement area D3, and the fourth arrangement area D4 are all flat. The flat surface does not mean only a completely flat surface, but also a surface that does not form a curved surface and has no convex portion. That is, the flat surface includes a surface provided with a recess.

Hereinafter, the center of the region including the first wall 71, the relief recess 72, and the second wall 73 (that is, the region formed when the arrangement portion 70 is projected in the left-right direction) in the side view is referred to as “center P”. .. The center P is composed of four points in a lateral view: a rear lower corner of the first wall 71, a rear upper corner of the first wall 71, a front lower corner of the second wall 73, and a front upper corner of the second wall 73. It coincides with the intersection of the diagonal lines of the rectangle. The surface shape of the first arrangement region D1 and the surface shape of the second arrangement region D2 are point-symmetric with respect to the center P. The surface shapes of the third arrangement region D3 and the fourth arrangement region D4 are point-symmetric with respect to the center P.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the substrate 80 has a long rectangular shape on one side and has a first surface 80A and a second surface 80B (see FIG. 16). The second surface 80B faces the opposite side of the first surface 80A. A pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 are provided on the first surface 80A. The pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 are all metal terminals, and are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the substrate 80 (hereinafter, referred to as “Y1 direction”; see FIG. 16) with a predetermined gap between them. The pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 have a rectangular shape that is long in the lateral direction of the substrate 80 (hereinafter, referred to as “Y2 direction”; see FIG. 16), and have the same shape as each other. The ends of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 on one side (for example, the upper side in FIG. 16) of each in the Y2 direction are at the same position in the Y2 direction. The other end (for example, the lower side of FIG. 16) of each of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 in the Y2 direction is at the same position in the Y2 direction.

The length of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 in the longitudinal direction (that is, the Y2 direction) is greater than the length of the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 (see FIG. 2) in the longitudinal direction (that is, the vertical direction of FIG. 2). Is also small. The length of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 in the lateral direction (that is, the Y1 direction) is larger than the length of the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 in the lateral direction (that is, the left-right direction of FIG. 2). The distance between the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 is smaller than the distance between the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34.

As shown in FIG. 16, the second surface 80B is provided with an IC chip 82, a pair of capacitors 83, and a mold portion 84. The IC chip 82 is electrically connected to each of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 with a pair of capacitors 83 interposed therebetween. The IC chip 82 can store various information such as the type of the tape cassette 5. The pair of capacitors 83 pass a specific frequency. The mold portion 84 is a resin member that covers the IC chip 82 and protects the IC chip 82.

Hereinafter, the right side of FIG. 16 is defined as one in the Y1 direction, and the left side of FIG. 16 is defined as the other in the Y1 direction. The regions when the second surface 80B is divided into three equal parts in the Y1 direction are "first substrate region S1" and "second" in the order from one (right side in FIG. 16) to the other (left side in FIG. 16) in the Y1 direction. It is referred to as "board area S2" and "third board area S3". The IC chip 82, the capacitor 83, and the mold portion 84 are all arranged in the second substrate region S2.

As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the distance W1 in the front-rear direction between the rear end portion 71A of the first wall 71 and the front end portion 73A of the second wall 73 (that is, the length in the front-rear direction of the arrangement portion 70). Is slightly larger than the length X1 of the substrate 80 in the Y1 direction. The vertical length W2 of the first wall 71 and the second wall 73 is slightly larger than the length X2 of the substrate 80 in the Y2 direction. The length W3 of the relief recess 72 in the front-rear direction is larger than the length X3 of the mold portion 84 in the Y1 direction.

Hereinafter, the end portion of the substrate 80 in the Y1 direction (right side in FIG. 16) is referred to as “first substrate end portion 85A”, and the other end portion of the substrate 80 in the Y1 direction (left side in FIG. 16) is referred to as “1st substrate end portion 85A”. Second substrate end 85B ". The length W4 in the front-rear direction of the first wall 71 and the length W5 in the front-rear direction of the second wall 73 are both the mold portion 84 (specifically, one end of the mold portion 84 in the Y1 direction) and the first. Distance X4 in the Y1 direction between the one substrate end 85A and the Y1 direction distance between the mold portion 84 (specifically, the other end of the mold portion 84 in the Y1 direction) and the second substrate end 85B. Smaller than any of X5.

As shown in FIG. 9, the substrate 80 is arranged in the arrangement portion 70 with the Y1 direction (see FIG. 16) parallel to the front-rear direction of the tape cassette 5 and the first surface 80A facing to the right. Will be done. The substrate 80 can be arranged in the arrangement portion 70 in a state where one of the Y1 directions (the right side in FIG. 16) faces either the rear or the front of the tape cassette 5. An adhesive layer (not shown) is arranged between each of the first wall 71 and the second wall 73 and the second surface 80B. The adhesive layer is an adhesive, double-sided adhesive tape, or the like. The substrate 80 is arranged across the first wall 71 and the second wall 73 with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween.

Hereinafter, the description will be described with reference to the state in which the substrate 80 is arranged in the arrangement portion 70. The mold portion 84 and the IC chip 82 are arranged in the relief recess 72. The specific surface 55A and the first surface 80A are arranged at the same position in the left-right direction. The substrate 80 is arranged in the third region R3. The center of the substrate 80 in the front-rear direction is in front of the center of the second discharge port 64 in the front-rear direction. A part of the substrate 80 overlaps the second discharge port 64 in the left-right direction. Specifically, the conductive terminal on the front side of the pair of conductive terminals 81 on the cassette side overlaps the second discharge port 64 in the left-right direction.

A method of accommodating the tape cassette 5 in the accommodating body 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 and 18. Hereinafter, the lines extending in the vertical direction along the vertical central portions of the front and rear side surfaces of the housing 9 are referred to as "virtual lines K1 and K2" (see FIG. 17). As shown in FIG. 17, with the right end 9A and the left end 9B of the housing 9 open, both front and rear surfaces of the housing 9 are folded inward with the virtual lines K1 and K2 as creases, respectively. In this state, the right end portion 9A of the housing body 9 is crimped in the vertical direction. As a result, the gusset portion 91 is formed at the right end portion 9A.

As shown in FIG. 18, the front end portion 91A and the rear end portion 91B of the gusset portion 91 are in a state in which the accommodating body 9 is folded and a plurality of layers are overlapped in the left-right direction, respectively. In the tape cassette 5, the right wall 55 faces the gusset 91 in the left-right direction, that is, the substrate 80 faces either the front end 91A or the rear end 91B (the front end 91A in FIG. 18) in the left-right direction. It is housed in the housing body 9 in the state of being In this state, the left end portion 9B of the housing body 9 is crimped in the vertical direction (see FIG. 6). As described above, the tape cassette 5 is housed in the housing body 9, and the tape cassette unit 100 is completed.

With reference to FIG. 19, the flow in which the tape cassette 5 is mounted on the mounting unit 20 and the printing operation by the printing device 1 will be described. The user removes the tape cassette 5 from the housing 9 (see FIG. 6). The user mounts the tape cassette 5 on the mounting portion 20 so that the board 80 faces the terminal unit 30. In the process of mounting the tape cassette 5 on the mounting portion 20, the second connecting portion 512B comes into contact with the left end portion of the rear portion of the upper end portion of the terminal holder 32 from below. Since the rear portion of the upper end portion of the terminal holder 32 is inclined to the rear diagonally upper side, the terminal holder 32 is pressed forward by the second connecting portion 512B. The terminal holder 32 moves from the first position (see FIG. 4) to the second position (see FIG. 5) against the urging force of the urging member 33.

The thermal head 22 is inserted into the head insertion portion 61. The tape drive shaft 26 is inserted into the tape drive roller 46. The ribbon winding shaft 27 is inserted into the ribbon winding spool 44. The rib 29 is inserted into the recess 68. Since the tape cassette without the recess 68 interferes with the rib 29, it cannot be mounted on the mounting portion 20. Therefore, the recess 68 and the rib 29 prevent the tape cassette different from the tape cassette 5 from being mounted on the mounting portion 20. The hooks 28A and 28B engage the ribs 65A and 66A, respectively. As a result, the position of the tape cassette 5 with respect to the mounting portion 20 is determined, and the mounting of the tape cassette 5 on the mounting portion 20 is completed.

When the tape cassette 5 is mounted on the mounting portion 20, the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 and the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 are in front-to-back contact with each other and are electrically connected to each other. As a result, the printing device 1 is in a state of being able to communicate with the tape cassette 5. Specifically, the printing apparatus 1 utilizes a voltage difference between the contacts of the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 to obtain a signal from the IC chip 82 by a known modulation method. To receive.

When the cover 19 (see FIG. 1) is closed with respect to the main body housing 10, the platen holder 23 rotates to the left. The platen roller 24 sandwiches the film tape 7 and the ink ribbon 4 which are overlapped with each other between the thermal head 22 and the film tape 7. The tape sub-roller 25 sandwiches the double-sided adhesive tape 6 and the film tape 7 between the double-sided adhesive tape 6 and the tape drive roller 46.

When the printing operation by the printing apparatus 1 is started, the tape drive shaft 26 and the ribbon take-up shaft 27 are rotationally driven synchronously by a motor (not shown). Along with the rotation of the tape drive shaft 26, the tape drive roller 46 rotates, and the tape sub roller 25 is driven to rotate. When the tape drive roller 46 and the tape sub-roller 25 rotate, the double-sided adhesive tape 6 and the film tape 7 are pulled out from the double-sided adhesive roll 6A and the film roll 7A, respectively, and conveyed. As the ribbon take-up shaft 27 rotates, the ribbon take-up spool 44 rotates. When the ribbon take-up spool 44 rotates, the ink ribbon 4 is pulled out from the ribbon roll 4A. An ink ribbon 4 that overlaps with the film tape 7 is used between the platen roller 24 and the thermal head 22, and printing on the film tape 7 is performed by the thermal head 22. The double-sided adhesive tape 6 is attached to the printed film tape 7 between the tape sub-roller 25 and the tape drive roller 46, and is discharged to the outside from the second discharge port 64.

As described above, the left wall 56 is provided with the second discharge port 64. The substrate 80 includes a pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 and an IC chip 82. The pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 are arranged on the first surface 80A, and the IC chip 82 is arranged on the second surface 80B. The substrate 80 is arranged on the arrangement portion 70 with the first surface 80A facing to the right. Since the second discharge port 64 discharges the tape, it is less likely to be touched by the user than other parts. That is, when handling the tape cassette 5, the user puts his or her finger on, for example, a portion of the left wall 56 where the second discharge port 64 is not provided. In this case, the user holds the tape cassette 5 by putting another finger on the portion of the right wall 55 that overlaps the portion on which the finger is placed in the left-right direction. Therefore, the portion overlapping the second discharge port 64 in the left-right direction is less likely to be touched by the user than other portions. In the tape cassette 5, since a part of the substrate 80 overlaps the second discharge port 64 in the left-right direction, the substrate 80 is less likely to be touched by the user. As a result, the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 are also less likely to be touched by the user. Therefore, the tape cassette 5 can suppress corrosion, adhesion of dirt, etc. of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81. The tape cassette 5 can suppress an adverse effect on the IC chip 82 due to the user touching the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81.

Of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81, the front-side conductive terminal overlaps the second discharge port 64 in the left-right direction. Therefore, the portion of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 that overlaps the second discharge port 64 in the left-right direction is less likely to be touched by the user. Therefore, the tape cassette 5 can further suppress the adverse effect on the IC chip 82 due to the user touching the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81.

The user may grab the tape cassette 5 from, for example, in the vertical direction. In this case, since the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 are arranged in the front-rear direction in the state where the substrate 80 is arranged in the arrangement portion 70, in the tape cassette 5, for example, the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 are arranged in the vertical direction. It is possible to prevent the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 from being touched at the same time as compared with the case where they are lined up in.

When handling the tape cassette 5, it is considered that the user often grasps the second region R2 including the center in the front-rear direction among the first region R1, the second region R2, and the third region R3. In the tape cassette 5, since the second discharge port 64 and the arrangement portion 70 are arranged in the third region R3, the second discharge port 64 and the arrangement portion 70 are the substrate 80 and the pair of cassettes as compared with the second region R2. The side conductive terminal 81 is less likely to be touched by the user. Therefore, the tape cassette 5 can further suppress the adverse effect on the IC chip 82 due to the user touching the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81.

Since the ribs 65A and 66A project from the right wall 55 and the left wall 56 toward the outside of the cassette case 50, respectively, it is considered that the user puts a finger on each of the ribs 65A and 66A to grab the tape cassette 5. .. Since the ribs 65A and 66A are provided at positions shifted rearward from the substrate 80, the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 are less likely to be touched when the user grasps the tape cassette 5. .. Therefore, the tape cassette 5 can further suppress the adverse effect on the IC chip 82 due to the user touching the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81.

Since the arrangement portion 70 is recessed to the left from the right wall 55, the portion of the substrate 80 that protrudes to the right side of the specific surface 55A is smaller than that in the case where the arrangement portion 70 is not recessed. Therefore, when the tape cassette 5 is placed with the substrate 80 facing the mounting surface (for example, the upper surface of the workbench), the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 are stressed by contact with the mounting surface. It becomes difficult to receive. Therefore, the tape cassette 5 can suppress an adverse effect due to stress acting on the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81. When the portion of the substrate 80 that protrudes to the right of the specific surface 55A becomes smaller, the portion of the substrate 80 that protrudes to the right of the specific surface 55A is caught when the tape cassette 5 is used, and the substrate 80 is displaced from the arrangement portion 70. It is suppressed from coming off.

The arrangement portion 70 is located on the right wall 55 adjacent to the front wall 57, and is connected to the front wall 57 by the connecting portion 70A. The shape of the connecting portion 70A is bent at an acute angle from the right end portion of the front wall 57 to the rear diagonally left side, and has an arc shape in a plan view. Therefore, when the arrangement portion 70 receives an external force in the left-right direction and the connecting portion 70A serves as a fulcrum, the arrangement portion 70 is located at a position away from the front wall 57, and the right end portion of the front wall 57 and the front end of the arrangement portion 70 Since the distance between the arrangement portion 70 and the fulcrum is smaller than in the case where the portions are connected in a straight line, the strength of the arrangement portion 70 can be increased.

Since the ribs 65A, 65B, and 65C each project from the right wall 55 toward the outside (that is, the right side) of the cassette case 50 to the right side of the substrate 80, the tape cassette 5 has the substrate 80 directed toward the mounting surface. When the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 are placed, the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 are less likely to come into contact with the mounting surface. Therefore, the tape cassette 5 can be prevented from being damaged by the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 coming into contact with the mounting surface.

Since the type display label 5A is provided on the rear wall 58, it is conceivable that the tape cassette 5 is placed with the rear wall 58 facing the side opposite to the mounting surface. In this case, since the recess 68 is provided on the rear wall 58, the user can hook a finger on the recess 68 and drag the tape cassette 5 to move it. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from grasping the tape cassette 5 when moving the tape cassette 5. The tape cassette 5 can suppress an adverse effect on the IC chip 82 due to the user touching the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81.

The distance L1 between the front wall 57 and the rear wall 58 is larger than the distance L2 between the upper wall 53 and the lower wall 54. The distance L3 between the right wall 55 and the left wall 56 is larger than the distance L1. In this case, of the upper wall 53, the lower wall 54, the right wall 55, the left wall 56, the front wall 57, and the rear wall 58, the area of the upper wall 53 or the lower wall 54 is the largest, and the right wall 55 or the left wall The area of 56 is the smallest. Therefore, when the tape cassette 5 is placed with the upper wall 53 or the lower wall 54 facing the mounting surface, the mounting state of the tape cassette 5 is most stable. When the tape cassette 5 is placed with the right wall 55 or the left wall 56 facing the mounting surface, the mounting state of the tape cassette 5 is the least stable. Therefore, the tape cassette 5 can prevent the right wall 55 or the left wall 56 from being placed facing the mounting surface. Since the substrate 80 is provided on the right wall 55, the tape cassette 5 can be prevented from being damaged by the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 coming into contact with the mounting surface.

Since the substrate 80 is provided with various metal members such as the conductive terminal 81 on the cassette side, the light reflectance of the substrate 80 is generally high. Therefore, if the substrate 80 is arranged in the vicinity of the code 51B, when the optical reader reads the code 51B, the information cannot be read due to the influence of the reflection of light by the substrate 80, or the information is erroneously read. There is a possibility of reading information. In the present embodiment, the reading display unit 54A is provided on the lower wall 54, and the substrate 80 is not provided on the lower wall 54. Therefore, when the optical reading device reads the code 51B, the tape cassette 5 can prevent the information from being unable to be read or reading erroneous information due to the influence of the reflection of light by the substrate 80. Since the substrate 80 is not provided on the lower wall 54, the tape cassette 5 can secure a large area of the reading display unit 54A.

In the present embodiment, since the substrate 80 is provided on the right wall 55, when the tape cassette 5 is placed with the right wall 55 facing the mounting surface, the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 are placed. It may be damaged by contact with the mounting surface. For example, when the user reads the code 51B with an optical reading device, it is conceivable that the tape cassette 5 is placed with the outer wall on the side opposite to the outer wall on which the code 51B is displayed facing the mounting surface. In the present embodiment, since the reading display unit 54A is provided on the lower wall 54, the code 51B is displayed on the lower wall 54, that is, the code 51B is not displayed on the left wall 56. Therefore, when the user reads the code 51B with an optical reading device, it is possible to prevent the tape cassette 5 from being placed with the right wall 55 facing the mounting surface. Therefore, when the user reads the code 51B with an optical reading device, the tape cassette 5 can prevent the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 from being damaged due to contact with the mounting surface.

As described above, of the upper wall 53, the lower wall 54, the right wall 55, the left wall 56, the front wall 57, and the rear wall 58, the area of the upper wall 53 or the lower wall 54 is the largest. Since the first type display unit 53A is provided on the upper wall 53, the tape cassette 5 can secure a large area of the first type display unit 53A. Therefore, the user can easily visually recognize the type of the tape cassette 5 displayed by the first type display unit 53A. Since the reading display unit 54A is provided on the lower wall 54 and the first type display unit 53A is not provided on the lower wall 54, the tape cassette 5 can secure a large area of the reading display unit 54A. Therefore, when the optical reading device reads the code 51B, the tape cassette 5 can suppress the inability to read the information or the reading of erroneous information due to, for example, the display of the code 51B being crushed.

Since the type display label 5A is attached to the first type display unit 53A and the second type display unit 58A across the adhesive Z1, the tape cassette 5 is the first type display unit 53A. It is possible to prevent the type display label 5A from being peeled off from the second type display unit 58A. Since the reading display label 5B is attached to the reading display unit 54A with the adhesive Z2 interposed therebetween, the tape cassette 5 can prevent the reading display label 5B from peeling off from the reading display unit 54A. For example, if the tape cassette 5 receives heat from the thermal head 22 or the like during printing, the adhesives Z1 and Z2 may be melted by the heat. In the present embodiment, the first type display unit 53A, the second type display unit 58A, and the reading display unit 54A are provided on the upper wall 53, the rear wall 58, and the lower wall 54, respectively, that is, the substrate 80. Is not provided on the right wall 55 where is provided. Therefore, the tape cassette 5 can suppress the adhesives Z1 and Z2 melted by heat from flowing and adhering to the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81, and can suppress an adverse effect on the IC chip 82.

In the tape cassette unit 100, since the tape cassette 5 is housed in the housing body 9, the substrate 80 is not easily touched by the user. Therefore, the tape cassette unit 100 can suppress corrosion, adhesion of dirt, etc. of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81. The tape cassette unit 100 can suppress an adverse effect on the IC chip 82 due to the user touching the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81. If the tape cassette unit 100 is accidentally dropped, the impact of the drop may damage the substrate 80. In the present embodiment, the substrate 80 faces the front end portion 91A in the left-right direction, and the front end portion 91A has a plurality of layers overlapping in the left-right direction. Therefore, since the impact of dropping is mitigated by the front end portion 91A, the tape cassette unit 100 can suppress damage to the substrate 80 due to the impact of dropping.

In the present embodiment, the upper wall 53 corresponds to the "first outer wall" of the present invention. The lower wall 54 corresponds to the "second outer wall" of the present invention. The right wall 55 corresponds to the "third outer wall" of the present invention. The left wall 56 corresponds to the "fourth outer wall" of the present invention. The front wall 57 corresponds to the "fifth outer wall" of the present invention. The rear wall 58 corresponds to the "sixth outer wall" of the present invention. The vertical direction of the tape cassette 5 corresponds to the "first direction" of the present invention. The left-right direction of the tape cassette 5 corresponds to the "second direction" of the present invention. The front-back direction of the tape cassette 5 corresponds to the "third direction" of the present invention. The second discharge port 64 corresponds to the "discharge part" of the present invention. The IC chip 82 corresponds to the "storage unit" of the present invention. The ribs 65A and 66A correspond to the "first convex portion" of the present invention. The arrangement portion 70 corresponds to the "first recess" of the present invention. The ribs 65B and 65C correspond to the "second convex portion" of the present invention. The upper case 51 corresponds to the "first case" of the present invention. The lower case 52 corresponds to the "second case" of the present invention. The hook 67A corresponds to the "hook" of the present invention. The hole 67B corresponds to the "hole" of the present invention. The recess 68 corresponds to the "second recess" of the present invention. The rib 48 corresponds to the "first rib" of the present invention. The film roll 7A corresponds to the "tape roll" of the present invention. The rib 47 corresponds to the "second rib" of the present invention. The common portion 50A corresponds to the "corner portion" of the present invention. The upper end portion 501 corresponds to the "first end portion" of the present invention. The lower end portion 502 corresponds to the "second end portion" of the present invention. The second connection portion 511B and 512B correspond to the "connection portion" of the present invention. The support portion 49B corresponds to the "support portion" of the present invention. The reading display unit 54A corresponds to the "reading display unit" of the present invention. The first type display unit 53A corresponds to the "type display unit" of the present invention. The surface 53B corresponds to the "third surface" of the present invention. The back surface 54B corresponds to the "fourth surface" of the present invention. The reading display label 5B corresponds to the "label" of the present invention. The containment body 9 corresponds to the “containment body” of the present invention. The gusset portion 91 corresponds to the "gusset portion" of the present invention.

The present invention can be variously modified from the above embodiments. For example, in the above embodiment, the IC chip 82 is protected by the mold portion 84, but the mold portion 84 may be omitted. As shown in FIG. 20, the tape cassette 5 may employ a relief hole 721 instead of the relief recess 72. The relief hole 721 penetrates the bottom wall of the arrangement portion 70 in the left-right direction. The mold portion 84 is arranged in the relief hole 721 in a state where the substrate 80 is arranged in the arrangement portion 70. Inside the cassette case 50, the mold portion 84 faces the tape (film tape 7 in FIG. 20) on the transport path in the left-right direction. When the mold portion 84 is omitted, the IC chip 82 is arranged in the relief hole 721 with the substrate 80 arranged in the arrangement portion 70. Inside the cassette case 50, the IC chip 82 faces the tape on the transport path in the left-right direction.

The tape cassette 5 of the above embodiment is a laminate type, but may be a receptor type, a thermal type, a tube type, or the like. In the receptor type tape cassette, the second tape spool 41 is omitted, and the support portion 49A supports the first tape spool 40 on which a single-sided adhesive tape is wound as the first tape. In the thermal type tape cassette 5, the ribbon roll 4A is omitted, and the support portion 49A supports the first tape spool 40 on which the thermal paper tape is wound as the first tape.

A modified tape cassette 5 will be described with reference to FIG. Hereinafter, the configurations common to the above-described embodiments will be designated by the same reference numerals as those of the above-described embodiments, and the description thereof will be omitted, and the points different from the above-described embodiments will be mainly described.

The tape width of the double-sided adhesive tape 6 and the film tape 7 of the modified example is smaller than the tape width of the double-sided adhesive tape 6 and the film tape 7 of the above embodiment. Since the tape cassette 5 applies an appropriate transport load to the film tape 7, the number of bending pins varies depending on the tape width. In the modified tape cassette 5, the bending pins 45B to 45D are omitted. That is, only the bending pin 45A is provided on the right front side of the ribbon roll 4A. The bending pin 45A rotatably supports the tubular body 451. The transport path of the film tape 7 extends forward from the film roll 7A and bends to the left along the right end of the outer peripheral surface of the tubular body 451. When the film tape 7 is transported, the tubular body 451 rotates, so that the load on the transport of the film tape 7 is suppressed. The number of bending pins may be constant regardless of the tape width. Inside the cassette case 50, the bottom wall of the relief recess 72 faces the tape (film tape 7 in FIG. 9) on the transport path in the left-right direction.

A modified example of the arrangement portion 70 and the substrate 80 will be described with reference to FIGS. 22 and 23. As shown in FIG. 22, the first wall 71 and the second wall 73 are provided with a pair of convex portions 74, and as shown in FIG. 23, the second surface 80B is provided with a pair of hole portions 86. You may. The pair of convex portions 74 project to the right from a position symmetrical with respect to the center P. The shape of the pair of convex portions 74 is columnar and symmetrical with respect to the center P. The shape of the pair of convex portions 74 is not limited to a columnar shape, and may be a square columnar shape, for example. The pair of hole portions 86 are positioned symmetrically with respect to the center of the substrate 80, and are recessed to the right from the positions corresponding to each of the pair of convex portions 74. The shape of the pair of holes 86 is circular and symmetrical with respect to the center of the substrate 80. The shape of the pair of hole portions 86 is not limited to a circular shape, and may be any shape corresponding to the shape of the pair of convex portions 74. The pair of holes 86 may penetrate the substrate 80 in the left-right direction. The diameter of the pair of convex portions 74 is slightly smaller than the diameter of the pair of hole portions 86.

When the substrate 80 is arranged in the arrangement portion 70, the pair of convex portions 74 fits into the pair of hole portions 86. As a result, the substrate 80 can be securely attached to the arrangement portion 70. Since the pair of convex portions 74 are located symmetrically with respect to the center P, the substrate 80 can be arranged in the arrangement portion 70 even if the direction of the substrate 80 in the Y1 direction with respect to the tape cassette 5 is reversed. When a pair of convex portions 74 are combined, a plurality of sets of convex portions 74 may be provided on the first wall 71 and the second wall 73. When a pair of hole portions 86 are combined as a set, a plurality of sets of hole portions 86 may be provided on the second surface 80B. A pair of hole portions 86 may be provided on the first wall 71 and the second wall 73, and a pair of convex portions 74 may be provided on the second surface 80B.

In the above embodiment, the front conductive terminal of the pair of cassette side conductive terminals 81 overlaps the second discharge port 64 in the left-right direction. On the other hand, the conductive terminal on the rear side of the pair of conductive terminals 81 on the cassette side may overlap the second discharge port 64 in the left-right direction. None of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 may overlap with the second discharge port 64 in the left-right direction. For example, the gap between the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 may overlap with the second discharge port 64 in the left-right direction.

The substrate 80 may be provided with one cassette-side conductive terminal 81, or may be provided with three or more cassette-side conductive terminals 81. In the above embodiment, the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 and the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 are metal terminals, but may be, for example, conductive resin terminals. In addition to the capacitor 83, the substrate 80 may be provided with electronic components such as coils. The electronic components are preferably arranged in the second substrate region S2. In this case, since the electronic component is arranged in the relief recess 72, the tape cassette 5 can prevent the electronic component from coming into contact with the first wall 71 or the second wall 73 and being damaged.

In the above embodiment, the length of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 in the longitudinal direction is smaller than the length of the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 in the longitudinal direction. The length of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 in the lateral direction is larger than the length of the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 in the lateral direction. The distance between the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 is smaller than the distance between the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34. On the other hand, the length of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 in the longitudinal direction may be longer than the length of the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 in the longitudinal direction. The length of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 in the lateral direction may be less than or equal to the length of the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34 in the lateral direction. The distance between the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 may be greater than or equal to the distance between the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34.

The pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 have a rectangular shape that is long in the Y2 direction, but may have a rectangular shape that is long in the Y1 direction, or may have another shape such as a square shape or a circular shape. The pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 have the same shape and are arranged in the Y1 direction, but they may have different shapes or may be arranged in the Y2 direction.

The substrate 80 may be provided with a communication unit instead of the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81. The communication unit is capable of wireless communication with an external device and is electrically connected to the IC chip 82. In this case, unlike the above embodiment, the substrate 80 may be arranged inside the cassette case 50 because it is not necessary to contact the pair of main body side conductive terminals 34. Damage to the substrate 80 is suppressed as compared with the case where the substrate 80 is arranged outside the cassette case 50. The communication unit is, for example, an RF tag. The RF tag may be arranged on the first surface 80A or the second surface 80B. When the RF tag is arranged on the second surface 80B, it is preferably arranged in the second substrate region S2. In this case, since the RF tag is arranged in the relief recess 72, the tape cassette 5 can prevent the RF tag from coming into contact with the first wall 71 or the second wall 73 and being damaged. The printing device 1 may include, for example, an RFID-type data reading / writing device instead of the pair of main body-side conductive terminals 34.

In the above embodiment, the arrangement portion 70 is recessed to the left from the right wall 55, but may not be recessed. That is, the first wall 71 and the second wall 73 may be arranged at the same positions as the specific surface 55A in the left-right direction. In the above embodiment, the second discharge port 64, the arrangement portion 70, and the substrate 80 are arranged in the third region R3, but may be arranged in the first region R1 or the second region R2, or may be arranged in the first region. It may be arranged over a plurality of R1, the second region R2, and the third region R3. The arrangement portion 70 and the substrate 80 may be arranged on the upper wall 53, the lower wall 54, the left wall 56, the front wall 57, or the rear wall 58. The second discharge port 64 may be arranged on a wall that extends parallel to the wall on which the arrangement portion 70 and the substrate 80 are arranged and is arranged in a direction orthogonal to the wall.

The first type display unit 53A, the second type display unit 58A, and the reading display unit 54A are provided on any of the upper wall 53, the lower wall 54, the right wall 55, the left wall 56, the front wall 57, or the rear wall 58, respectively. May be done. The first type display unit 53A, the second type display unit 58A, and the reading display unit 54A may be provided on any of the upper wall 53, the lower wall 54, the left wall 56, the front wall 57, or the rear wall 58, respectively. preferable. This is because when the optical reading device reads the code 51B, it is possible to prevent the information from being unable to be read or reading erroneous information due to the influence of the reflection of light by the substrate 80. This is to secure a large area of the first type display unit 53A, the second type display unit 58A, and the reading display unit 54A. It is more preferable that the first type display unit 53A, the second type display unit 58A, and the reading display unit 54A are provided on any of the upper wall 53, the lower wall 54, the front wall 57, or the rear wall 58, respectively. When the user reads the code 51B with an optical reader, the right wall 55 is directed toward the mounting surface to prevent the tape cassette 5 from being placed, and the substrate 80 and the pair of cassette-side conductive terminals 81 are placed. This is to prevent damage caused by contact with the surface. When the first type display unit 53A is provided on the lower wall 54, for example, the reading display unit 54A is preferably provided on the upper wall 53 on the opposite side. Since the upper wall 53 has the largest area among the outer walls and the upper wall 53 is not provided with the first type display unit 53A, the tape cassette 5 secures an area for providing the reading display unit 54A on the upper wall 53. Because it is easy to do. Either or both of the first type display unit 53A and the second type display unit 58A may be omitted. Similarly, the reading display unit 54A may be omitted.

In the above embodiment, the type display label 5A is attached to the first type display unit 53A and the second type display unit 58A with the adhesive Z1 interposed therebetween. For example, as the type display label 5A, a label having self-adhesiveness that does not require the intervention of the pressure-sensitive adhesive Z1 may be adopted. Similarly, as the reading display label 5B, a label having self-adhesiveness may be adopted. The type of the tape cassette 5 may be printed directly on the first type display unit 53A and the second type display unit 58A. Similarly, the code 51B may be printed directly on the reading display unit 54A.

In the above embodiment, the reading display label 5B is provided with the code 51B and the hologram 52B, but only one of them may be provided. The code 51B and the hologram 52B are provided on one reading label 5B, but may be provided on different labels. In this case, the reading display unit 54A may be provided at a different position for each label.

In the above embodiment, the hook 67A is provided on the rear wall 58 included in the upper case 51, and the hole 67B is provided on the rear wall 58 included in the lower case 52. On the other hand, the hook 67A may be provided on the rear wall 58 included in the lower case 52, and the hole 67B may be provided on the rear wall 58 included in the upper case 51.

In the above embodiment, the printing apparatus 1 receives the signal from the IC chip 82 by the modulation method. On the other hand, the printing device 1 may receive the signal from the IC chip 82 by another method. The printing device 1 may receive, for example, a differential signal from the IC chip 82.

In the above embodiment, the specific surface 55A and the first surface 80A are arranged at the same position in the left-right direction. On the other hand, the first surface 80A may be arranged on the left side of the specific surface 55A. In this case, when the tape cassette 5 is used or the like, a portion of the substrate 80 that protrudes to the right side of the specific surface 55A is caught, and the substrate 80 is further suppressed from being detached from the arrangement portion 70. The first surface 80A may be arranged on the right side of the specific surface 55A. In this case, since the substrate 80 protrudes to the right side of the specific surface 55A, when the tape cassette 5 is mounted on the mounting portion 20, the pair of main body side conductive terminals 34 becomes the pair of cassette side conductive terminals 81. Can be reliably contacted with each other.

In the above embodiment, the housing 9 is made of a flexible resin, but may not be flexible or may not be made of a resin. For example, the housing 9 may be made of paper, corrugated cardboard, or the like, or may be formed by combining a plurality of materials. The method of forming the gusset portion 91 and the method of accommodating the tape cassette 5 in the accommodating body 9 are not limited to the above embodiments. Specifically, in the above embodiment, the right end portion 9A is crimped in the vertical direction with the front and rear side surfaces of the housing 9 folded inward with the virtual lines K1 and K2 as creases, respectively, so that the gusset portion is formed. 91 is formed. On the other hand, for example, the gusset portion 91 may be formed by adhering the folded portions to each other with an adhesive while the right end portion 9A is folded inward.

4 Ink ribbon 5 Tape cassette 5A Type display label 5B Read display label 6 Double-sided adhesive tape 7 Film tape 9 Housing 47, 48 Ribs 49B Support 50 Cassette case 50A, 50B Common part 51 Upper case 52 Lower case 53 Upper wall 53A No. Type 1 Display 54 Lower wall 54A Reading display 55 Right wall 55A Specific surface 56 Left wall 57 Front wall 58 Rear wall 64 Second outlet 65A, 65B, 65C, 66A Rib 67A Hook 67B Hole 68 Recess 68A First facing wall 68B Second facing wall 68C Connection wall 70 Arrangement part 70A Connecting part 71 First wall 72 Relief recess 73 Second wall 80 Board 80A First side 80B Second side 81 Cassette side Conductive terminal 82 IC chip 84 Mold part 91 Machi part 100 Tape cassette unit 511, 512 Protruding part 511B, 512B Second connection part 721 Hole R1 First area R2 Second area R3 Third area

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It has a first outer wall, a second outer wall, a third outer wall, a fourth outer wall, a fifth outer wall, and a sixth outer wall. Arranged in the first direction orthogonal to the outer wall and the second outer wall, the third outer wall and the fourth outer wall extend in parallel, and in a second direction orthogonal to the third outer wall and the fourth outer wall. The fifth outer wall and the sixth outer wall are arranged side by side in a third direction extending in parallel and orthogonal to the fifth outer wall and the sixth outer wall, and the first direction, the second direction, and the sixth outer wall. The third direction is a box-shaped cassette case that intersects with each other, respectively.
The tape stored inside the cassette case and
A discharge unit provided on the fourth outer wall and for discharging the tape,
It has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface is provided with at least one conductive terminal, and the second surface is electrically connected to the conductive terminal. It is equipped with a board provided with a connected storage unit.
The substrate is provided on the third outer wall with the first surface facing the direction from the fourth outer wall toward the third outer wall.
A tape cassette characterized in that at least a part of the substrate overlaps with at least a part of the discharge part in the second direction. The tape cassette according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the conductive terminal overlaps with at least a part of the discharge part in the second direction. The tape cassette according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conductive terminal is composed of two conductive terminals, and at least a part of each is arranged in the third direction. The tape cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the conductive terminal is a metal terminal. It has a first outer wall, a second outer wall, a third outer wall, a fourth outer wall, a fifth outer wall, and a sixth outer wall. Arranged in the first direction orthogonal to the outer wall and the second outer wall, the third outer wall and the fourth outer wall extend in parallel, and in a second direction orthogonal to the third outer wall and the fourth outer wall. The fifth outer wall and the sixth outer wall are arranged side by side in a third direction extending in parallel and orthogonal to the fifth outer wall and the sixth outer wall, and the first direction, the second direction, and the sixth outer wall. The third direction is a box-shaped cassette case that intersects with each other, respectively.
The tape stored inside the cassette case and
A discharge unit provided on the fourth outer wall and for discharging the tape,
A communication unit capable of wireless communication with an external device and a board provided with a storage unit electrically connected to the communication unit are provided.
The substrate is provided on the third outer wall.
A tape cassette characterized in that at least a part of the substrate overlaps with at least a part of the discharge part in the second direction. When the third outer wall and the fourth outer wall are divided into three equal parts in this order toward one of the first region, the second region, and the third region, respectively, in this order, the discharge portion and the substrate. The tape cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein is arranged in any of the first region and the third region. The third outer wall and the fourth outer wall are each provided with a first convex portion that protrudes to the outside of the cassette case from a position deviated from the substrate in the third direction and extends in the third direction. The tape cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The third outer wall is provided with a first recess that overlaps the discharge portion in the second direction and is recessed toward the fourth outer wall.
The tape cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the substrate is arranged in the first recess. The first recess is arranged at a position adjacent to the fifth outer wall.
The tape cassette according to claim 8, wherein the shape of the connecting portion between the fifth outer wall and the first recess is an arc shape. The tape cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the third outer wall is provided with a second convex portion protruding from the substrate to the side opposite to the third outer wall. The cassette case comprises a first case and a second case arranged in the first direction of each other.
The first case includes at least a part of the first outer wall and the sixth outer wall.
The second case includes at least the second outer wall and a part of the sixth outer wall.
A hook is provided on either one of the sixth outer wall of the first case and the sixth outer wall of the second case.
A hole for fitting the hook is provided in any one of the sixth outer wall of the first case and the sixth outer wall of the second case.
The sixth outer wall is provided with a second recess that is recessed toward the fifth outer wall.
The tape cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the hole and the second recess are adjacent to each other in the second direction. The second recess has a first facing wall, a second facing wall facing the first facing wall, and a distance between the hook and the hole being larger than that of the first facing wall, and the first facing wall. A connecting wall for connecting the facing wall and the second facing wall to each other is provided.
The tape cassette according to claim 11, wherein the length of the first facing wall in the first direction is larger than the length of the second facing wall in the first direction. The second recess has a first facing wall, a second facing wall facing the first facing wall, and a distance between the hook and the hole being larger than that of the first facing wall, and the first facing wall. A connecting wall for connecting the facing wall and the second facing wall to each other is provided.
The sixth outer wall is provided with a first rib projecting from the first facing wall toward the fifth outer wall.
The tape cassette according to claim 11, wherein the connecting wall is arranged between the second facing wall and the first rib in the second direction. The tape is housed inside the cassette case in a direction in which the width direction of the tape coincides with the first direction.
The second recess has a first facing wall, a second facing wall facing the first facing wall, and a distance between the hook and the hole being larger than that of the first facing wall, and the first facing wall. A connecting wall for connecting the facing wall and the second facing wall to each other is provided.
The sixth outer wall is provided with a first rib projecting from the first facing wall toward the fifth outer wall.
11. The height of the first rib from the second outer wall in the first direction is lower than the height of the second facing wall from the second outer wall in the first direction. The tape cassette described. The cassette case is provided with a second rib extending in the first direction between the first outer wall and the second outer wall and surrounding at least a part of the tape roll around which the tape is wound.
The tape cassette according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the first rib is connected to the second rib. The tape is housed inside the cassette case in a direction in which the width direction of the tape coincides with the first direction.
The second recess has a first facing wall, a second facing wall facing the first facing wall, and a distance between the hook and the hole being larger than that of the first facing wall, and the first facing wall. A connecting wall for connecting the facing wall and the second facing wall to each other is provided.
The cassette case is provided with a corner portion including the third outer wall and the sixth outer wall.
The corner portion is arranged between the first end portion on the first case side and the second end portion on the second case side of the cassette case in the first direction.
The first facing wall is connected to a portion of the cassette case including the first end portion and the second end portion.
The tape cassette according to claim 11, wherein the second facing wall is connected to the corner portion. The tape cassette according to claim 16, wherein in the first direction, the distance between the first end portion and the hole is smaller than the distance between the second end portion and the hole. .. The sixth outer wall is provided with a second recess that is recessed toward the fifth outer wall.
Inside the cassette case, a ribbon roll around which an ink ribbon is wound is stored in a direction in which the width direction of the ink ribbon coincides with the first direction.
The tape cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein the second recess overlaps with the ribbon roll in the third direction. The tape cassette according to claim 18, wherein the center of the ribbon roll overlaps the second recess and the third direction. The first outer wall and the second outer wall are provided with a pair of protrusions that project outward from each other and extend in parallel with the first outer wall and the second outer wall.
Each of the pair of protrusions includes a connecting portion connecting the third outer wall and the fifth outer wall.
Only a part of the connection portion overlaps with the substrate in the first direction.
The tape cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein the shape of the connecting portion is an arc shape having a center of curvature on the side opposite to the substrate with respect to the connecting portion. The tape according to any one of claims 1 to 20, wherein the center of the substrate in the third direction is closer to the fifth outer wall side than the center of the discharge unit in the third direction. cassette. The first to twenty-first aspects of claims 1 to 21, wherein a support portion extending in the first direction and supporting a tape roll around which the tape is wound is provided between the first outer wall and the second outer wall. The tape cassette described in either. The first distance between the fifth outer wall and the sixth outer wall is larger than the second distance between the first outer wall and the second outer wall.
The tape cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 22, wherein the third distance between the third outer wall and the fourth outer wall is larger than the first distance. It has a reading display unit that displays a code that can be read by an optical reading device.
The tape according to claim 4, wherein the reading display unit is arranged on any one of the first outer wall, the second outer wall, the fourth outer wall, the fifth outer wall, and the sixth outer wall. cassette. The tape cassette according to claim 24, wherein the reading display unit is arranged on any one of the first outer wall, the second outer wall, the fifth outer wall, and the sixth outer wall. A type display unit for displaying the type of the tape cassette is provided.
The first distance between the fifth outer wall and the sixth outer wall is larger than the second distance between the first outer wall and the second outer wall.
The third distance between the third outer wall and the fourth outer wall is larger than the first distance.
The type display unit is arranged on either the first outer wall or the second outer wall.
The tape cassette according to claim 25, wherein the reading display unit is arranged on any one of the first outer wall and the second outer wall. A label having a third surface coated with the adhesive and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface and on which the code is displayed is interposed in the reading display unit. The tape cassette according to any one of claims 24 to 26, wherein the tape cassette is attached. The tape cassette according to claim 27, wherein the label is provided with a hologram on a part of the fourth surface. The tape cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 28,
A housing for accommodating the tape cassette is provided.
The accommodating body includes a gusset portion formed by folding the accommodating body at one end.
The tape cassette unit is a tape cassette unit in which the substrate is housed in the housing in a state of facing the gusset portion.

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