(19)
(11) EP 2 666 642 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.03.2014 Bulletin 2014/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.11.2013 Bulletin 2013/48

(21) Application number: 13175763.5

(22) Date of filing: 22.12.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B41J 11/00(2006.01)
 B41J 15/04(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 25.12.2008 JP 2008331634
25.12.2008 JP 2008331635
25.12.2008 JP 2008331638
25.12.2008 JP 2008331639
25.12.2008 JP 2008331641
25.12.2008 JP 2008331642
25.12.2008 JP 2008331643
31.03.2009 JP 2009088440
31.03.2009 JP 2009088441
31.03.2009 JP 2009088456
31.03.2009 JP 2009088460
31.03.2009 JP 2009088468

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
09804075.1 / 2370265

(71) Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 467-8561 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Yamaguchi, Koshiro
    Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, 467-8561 (JP)
  • Nagae, Tsuyoshi
    Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, 467-8561 (JP)
  • Imamaki, Teruo
    Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, 467-8561 (JP)
  • Kato, Masato
    Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, 467-8561 (JP)
  • Horiuchi, Takashi
    Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, 467-8561 (JP)
  • Sago, Akira
    Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, 467-8561 (JP)
  • Iriyama, Yasuhiro
    Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, 467-8561 (JP)
  • Shibata, Yasuhiro
    Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, 467-8561 (JP)

(74) Representative: Kuhnen & Wacker 
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 40A
85354 Freising
85354 Freising (DE)

   


(54) Tape cassette and tape printer


(57) A tape cassette 30 includes a tape mounted within a cassette case 31. The cassette case 31 includes an arm portion 34 that guides the tape inside and discharges the tape from an exit 34A. An arm front surface 35 of the arm portion 34 includes an arm indicator portion adjacent to the exit 34A. The arm indicator portion includes at least one aperture and indicates a tape type.. A person can identify the tape type by visually checking the arm indicator portion. The tape printer 1 includes detecting switches 210. A part of the detecting switches 210 that opposes a surface portion other than the aperture in the arm indicator portion is selectively pressed. The tape printer 1 can identify the same tape type as identified by the visual check based on detection results of the detecting switches 210.







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