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US 10,894,433 B2Granted
Tape cartridge and printing apparatus using the same
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHarumitsu Inoue, Shimako Nakai
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Abstract
A tape cartridge includes a casing and a tape roll which is a winding of a tape and is accommodated in the casing. The tape includes a first sheet and a second sheet. The first sheet is in a form of an elongated sheet-like shape having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first sheet has translucency. The second sheet is in a form of an elongated sheet-like shape and affixed to the first surface of the first sheet. The second sheet includes a label portion and a non-label portion segmented from each other by a cut line. The second sheet has translucency. The second surface of the first sheet is provided with a mark at a position adjacent to the cut line.
Claims12
A tape cartridge comprising:
- a casing comprising a side wall portion;
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- a tape roll which is a winding of a tape and is positioned in the casing, the tape comprising:
- a first sheet in a form of an elongated sheet-like shape and having a first surface;
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- a second sheet in a form of an elongated sheet-like shape and affixed to the first surface of the first sheet, the second sheet including a label portion and a non-label portion segmented from each other by a cut-line, the label portion being not subjected to printing, and a mark being provided on the non-label portion at a position adjacent to the cut-line,
- wherein the label portion has a rectangular shape, the mark being indicative of an angled corner of the label portion, and
- wherein the mark is in a form of one of an L-shaped quotation mark, a square bracket, and a bold black-lenticular bracket.
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A printing apparatus comprising:
- a conveying portion configured to convey a tape, the tape comprising a first sheet in a form of an elongated sheet-like shape and having a first surface, and a second sheet in a form of an elongated sheet-like shape and affixed to the first surface of the first sheet, the second sheet including a label portion and a non-label portion segmented from each other by a cut-line;
- a printing portion configured to perform printing on the tape conveyed by the conveying portion;
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- a controller configured to control the conveying portion and the printing portion to print a mark on the non-label portion in the second sheet, the mark being printed adjacent to the cut-line,
- wherein the label portion of the second sheet includes a plurality of label sets arrayed in a conveying direction provided by the conveying portion, each of the label sets including the label portion comprising a single first label portion, and at least one second label portion positioned downstream of the first label portion in the conveying direction, and
- wherein the controller controls the conveying portion and the printing portion such that when the mark is printed on a position adjacent to the cut-line defining the first label portion of a preceding label set, the mark is printed on a position adjacent to the cut-line defining the second label portion of another label set subsequent to the preceding label set.
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A printing apparatus comprising:
- a conveying portion configured to convey a tape, the tape comprising a first sheet in a form of an elongated sheet-like shape and having a first surface, and a second sheet in a form of an elongated sheet-like shape and affixed to the first surface of the first sheet, the second sheet including a label portion and a non-label portion segmented from each other by a cut-line;
- a printing portion configured to perform printing on the tape conveyed by the conveying portion;
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- a controller configured to control the conveying portion and the printing portion to print a mark on the non-label portion in the second sheet, the mark being printed adjacent to the cut-line, —wherein the mark is a text character, and
- wherein the printing apparatus further comprises a second input portion configured to receive an instruction as to language representing the text character instructed by an operator.
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A printing apparatus comprising:
- a conveying portion configured to convey a tape, the tape comprising a first sheet in a form of an elongated sheet-like shape and having a first surface, and a second sheet in a form of an elongated sheet-like shape and affixed to the first surface of the first sheet, the second sheet including a label portion and a non-label portion segmented from each other by a cut-line;
- a printing portion configured to perform printing on the tape conveyed by the conveying portion;
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- a controller configured to control the conveying portion and the printing portion to print a mark on the non-label portion in the second sheet, the mark being printed adjacent to the cut-line;
- wherein the mark is a text character,
- wherein the printing apparatus further comprises an acquiring portion configured to specify a language representing the text character, and
- wherein the controller controls the conveying portion and the printing portion to print the text character with the language in accordance with language data acquired by the acquiring portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.