Tape cassette and printer
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshiaki Kanamura, Satomi Midorogi, Naoki Ogawa, Yasushi Murai
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Abstract
A tape cassette stores a first medium having: a first base having a print surface for printing and first adhesive applied on an opposite side of the print surface; and a first separator removably attached to the first base via the first adhesive; and a second medium having: a second base; and a second separator removably attached to the second base. The tape cassette includes a pressing member that is movable in a direction intersecting with a direction of a plane of the print surface, and the pressing member is disposed at a position of, when a pressing force is externally applied to perform bonding of the first medium and the second medium mutually, receiving the pressing force.
Claims11
A tape cassette to store:
- a first medium comprising (i) a first base having a print surface for printing and a first adhesive applied on an opposite side of the print surface, and (ii) a first separator removably attached to the first base via the first adhesive;
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- a second medium comprising a second base, and a second separator removably attached to the second base,
- wherein the tape cassette includes a pressing member that is movable in a direction intersecting with a direction of a plane of the print surface, and
- wherein the pressing member is disposed at a position of, when a pressing force is externally applied to perform mutual bonding of the first medium and the second medium, receiving the pressing force.
A printer comprising:
- a cassette container to house a tape cassette configured to store (i) a first medium comprising a first base having a print surface for printing and an adhesive applied on an opposite side of the print surface, and a first separator removably attached to the first base via the adhesive, and (ii) a second medium comprising a second base and a second separator removably attached to the second base, the tape cassette including a pressing member that is movable in a direction intersecting with a direction of a plane of the print surface, and the pressing member being disposed at a position of, when a pressing force is externally applied to mutually bond the first medium and the second medium, receiving the pressing force;
- a feed roller configured to feed the first medium discharged from the tape cassette;
- a print head configured to print on the print surface of the first base of the first medium;
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- a lifting unit configured to move the feed roller up and down, wherein when the feed roller is brought closer to the print head, the lifting unit applies the pressing force to the first medium while feeding the first medium with the feed roller so that the second base is bonded to the print surface of the first base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.