Cassette for tape printing device

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EP 0 545 901 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.07.1993 Bulletin 1993/29

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	09.06.1993 Bulletin 1993/23

(21)	Application number: 93102041.6

(22)	Date of filing: 16.10.1989

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: B41J 32/00, B41J 11/70

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT

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Priority:

14.10.1988 JP 260173/88

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	92103526.7 / 0489717

(71)	Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
	Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Nagao, Yoshiaki, c/o Brother Kogyo Kabushiki K. Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) Kobayashi, Atsuhiro, c/o Brother Kogyo Kabushiki K Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) Sakuma, Mikio, c/o Brother Kogyo Kabushiki K. Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: Price, Nigel John King
	J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5LX London WC1R 5LX (GB)

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	Remarks:
	This application was filed on 10 - 02 - 1993 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 60.

(54)	Cassette for tape printing device

(57) A cassette to be detachably received in a tape printing device having a printing member (23) for printing on a surface of a tape-like recording medium (3); tape feed means (42) for feeding the recording medium along a path; and a cutting blade (53) for cutting the recording medium, said cassette comprising a case (1) containing the recording medium in a substantially wound state with an end portion of the recording medium extending from the cassette, characterised in that the cassette is provided with a cutting surface (55) adjacent the path of the end portion of the recording medium from the cassette for the cutting blade to cut against to sever the end portion of the recording medium downstream of the cutting surface in the feeding direction.

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