cartridge

Abstract

To provide a cartridge that can suppress a tape inserted into through a tape-insertion port from getting stuck with a tape guide.SOLUTION: A cartridge case 9 is provided with: a tape feed-out port 17 through which a tape fed out from a tape roll stored in the cartridge case 9 is fed out to the outside of the cartridge case 9; a tape insertion port 33 through which when the tape roll is stored in the cartridge case 9, the tape pulled out from the tape roll so that a tip of the tape protrudes through the tape feed-out port 17 to the outside of the cartridge case 9 can be inserted into in a first direction from an end part at one side in a width direction of the tape; and a tape guide 209, positioned in the first direction with respect to the tape insertion port 33, which guides feeding of the tape by a tape printing device. The tape guide 209 is provided with a protruding part 229 that contacts the tape, where a tape guide chamfer part 233 is provided at an end part of the protruding part 229 in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 18

Claims

1. A cartridge that can be installed in a tape printing device, It features a cartridge case capable of housing a tape roll on which tape is wound, The aforementioned cartridge case includes: A tape outlet through which the tape unwound from the tape roll housed in the cartridge case is fed out of the cartridge case, When the tape roll is housed in the cartridge case, the tape is pulled out from the tape roll so that the leading edge of the tape exits the cartridge case through the tape outlet, and the tape is inserted from one end in the width direction of the tape into the tape insertion opening, A tape guide positioned in a first direction, which is the tape insertion direction, relative to the tape insertion opening, and which guides the feeding of the tape by the tape printing device, A system was established, The aforementioned tape guide is Guide base section, It includes a protruding portion that extends from the guide base portion and contacts the tape being fed to the tape outlet, A cartridge characterized in that a chamfered portion is provided at the end of the protruding portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

2. The cartridge according to claim 1, characterized in that the protruding portion is formed in the shape of a plate.

3. The cartridge according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the contact surface of the protruding portion that contacts the tape is formed in an arc shape.

4. The cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the tape guide includes a plurality of the protruding portions.

5. The multiple protrusions are provided distributed in the first direction, The multiple protrusions constitute a group of multiple protrusions, The cartridge according to claim 4, characterized in that the spacing between the groups of protrusions in the first direction is wider than the spacing between the protrusions included in the same group of protrusions.

6. The tape printing device includes a platen roller that, when the cartridge is mounted in the cartridge mounting section, feeds the tape between itself and a thermal head provided in the cartridge mounting section. The aforementioned cartridge case is The third case section, A first case portion is capable of accommodating the tape roll between itself and the third case portion, and is detachable from the third case portion, A second case section, which is separate from the first case section, It has a fourth case section, which is separate from the first case section and houses the platen roller between it and the third case section, The cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the tape outlet and the tape insertion opening are provided between the second case portion and the fourth case portion.

7. Between the second case section and the fourth case section, a tape introduction path is provided for introducing the tape inserted from the tape insertion opening to the tape discharge opening. The edge of the tape outlet is provided with a delivery projection so as to block a second direction opposite to the first direction in the tape outlet. At the edge of the tape introduction path, The opposing edge portion facing the aforementioned sending projection, The tape inserted between the discharge projection and the opposing edge is introduced to the tape discharge outlet by the inclined edge portion which is inclined with respect to the opposing edge portion, The cartridge according to claim 6, characterized in that it is provided.

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