Tape, tape roll, and tape cassette

A tape, comprising:

• a sheet having a strip shape;
• a plurality of media consecutively arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the sheet, the plurality of media being peelably adhered to the sheet;
• a first separating line formed at a portion of the sheet which is located between two adjacent media of the plurality of media, the first separating line extending, in a widthwise direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, over at least a portion of a region extending in the widthwise direction from a first end of the sheet in the widthwise direction to a second end of the sheet in the widthwise direction, the first separating line comprising a portion formed through or cut in the sheet in a thickness direction of the sheet;
• and
• a second separating line formed at a portion of the sheet which is located in the widthwise direction between a center position of one medium of the two adjacent media in the widthwise direction and a first end of the one medium in the widthwise direction, the second separating line being formed at at least a portion of the sheet to which the one medium adheres and which is located between a first end of the one medium in the longitudinal direction and a second end of the one medium in the longitudinal direction, the second separating line comprising a portion formed through or cut in the sheet in the thickness direction,
• wherein the first separating line extends in the widthwise direction from the second separating line to the second end of the sheet in the widthwise direction and does not extend in the widthwise direction between the second separating line and the first end of the sheet in the widthwise direction, and
• wherein one of the two adjacent media comprises a first printed region on which a first image is printed, and the other of the two adjacent media comprises a second printed region on which a second image is printed, the first image and the second image being formed by dividing an original image having a length greater than that of the one of the two adjacent media and the other of the two adjacent media in the widthwise direction, the first image and the second image being printed such that the first image and the second image are respectively oriented in opposite directions.

A tape roll, comprising:

• a spool;
• and
• a tape wound around the spool, the tape comprising:
• a sheet having a strip shape;
• a first medium and a second medium arranged adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction of the sheet, the first medium and the second medium being spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, the first medium and the second medium being peelably adhered to the sheet;
• a first separating line formed at a portion of the sheet which is located between the first medium and the second medium arranged in the longitudinal direction as a pair, the first separating line extending, in a widthwise direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, over at least a portion of a region extending in the widthwise direction from a first end of the sheet in the widthwise direction to a second end of the sheet in the widthwise direction, the first separating line comprising a portion formed through or cut in the sheet in a thickness direction of the sheet;
• and
• a second separating line formed at a portion of the sheet which is located in the widthwise direction between a center position of the second medium in the widthwise direction and a first end of the second medium which is nearer in the widthwise direction to the first end of the sheet than the center position of the second medium in the widthwise direction, the second separating line being formed at at least a portion of the sheet to which the second medium adheres and which is located between a first end of the second medium in the longitudinal direction and a second end of the second medium in the longitudinal direction, the second separating line comprising a portion formed through or cut in the sheet in the thickness direction, wherein the first separating line extends in the widthwise direction from the second
• separating line to the second end of the sheet in the widthwise direction and does not extend in the widthwise direction between the second separating line and the first end of the sheet in the widthwise direction, and
• wherein the first medium comprises a first printed region on which a first image is printed, and the second medium comprises a second printed region on which a second image is printed, the first image and the second image being formed by dividing an original image having a length greater than that of the first medium and the second medium in the widthwise direction, the first image and the second image being printed such that the first image and the second image are respectively oriented in opposite directions.

A tape roll, comprising:

• a spool;
• and
• a tape wound around the spool, the tape comprising:
• a sheet having a strip shape;
• a first medium and a second medium arranged adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction of the sheet, the first medium and the second medium being spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, the first medium and the second medium being peelably adhered to the sheet;
• a first separating line formed at a portion of the sheet which is located between the first medium and the second medium arranged in the longitudinal direction as a pair, the first separating line extending, in a widthwise direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, over at least a portion of a region extending in the widthwise direction from a first end of the sheet in the widthwise direction to a second end of the sheet in the widthwise direction, the first separating line comprising a portion formed through or cut in the sheet in a thickness direction of the sheet;
• and
• a second separating line formed at a portion of the sheet which is located in the widthwise direction between a center position of the second medium in the widthwise direction and a first end of the second medium which is nearer in the widthwise direction to the first end of the sheet than the center position of the second medium in the widthwise direction, the second separating line being formed at at least a portion of the sheet to which the second medium adheres and which is located between a first end of the second medium in the longitudinal direction and a second end of the second medium in the longitudinal direction, the second separating line comprising a portion formed through or cut in the sheet in the thickness direction,
• wherein the second medium is located on one of opposite end portions of the tape roll, which one is farther from the spool than the other, in the pair of the first medium and the second medium,
• wherein the first separating line extends in the widthwise direction from the second separating line to the second end of the sheet in the widthwise direction and does not extend in the widthwise direction between the second separating line and the first end of the sheet in the widthwise direction, and
• wherein the first medium comprises a first printed region on which a first image is printed, and the second medium comprises a second printed region on which a second image is printed, the first image and the second image being formed by dividing an original image having a length greater than that of the first medium and the second medium in the widthwise direction, the first image and the second image being printed such that the first image and the second image are respectively oriented in opposite directions.

A tape cassette, comprising:

• a tape roll comprising (a) a spool and (b) a tape wound around the spool, the tape comprising (i) a sheet having a strip shape, (ii) a first medium and a second medium arranged adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction of the sheet, the first medium and the second medium being spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, the first medium and the second medium being peelably adhered to the sheet, (iii) a first separating line formed at a portion of the sheet which is located between the first medium and the second medium arranged in the longitudinal direction as a pair, the first separating line extending, in a widthwise direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, over at least a portion of a region extending in the widthwise direction from a first end of the sheet in the widthwise direction to a second end of the sheet in the widthwise direction, the first separating line comprising a portion formed through or cut in the sheet in a thickness direction of the sheet, and (iv) a second separating line formed at a portion of the sheet which is located in the widthwise direction between a center position of the second medium in the widthwise direction and a first end of the second medium which is nearer in the widthwise direction to the first end of the sheet than the center position of the second medium in the widthwise direction, the second separating line being formed at at least a portion of the sheet to which the second medium adheres and which is located between a first end of the second medium in the longitudinal direction and a second end of the second medium in the longitudinal direction, the second separating line comprising a portion formed through or cut in the sheet in the thickness direction, wherein the second medium is located on one of opposite end portions of the tape roll, which one is farther from the spool than the other, in the pair of the first medium and the second medium;
• a ribbon roll that is a roll of ink ribbon to be used for printing on the tape roll;
• a housing that houses the tape roll and the ribbon roll;
• an opening that exposes the ink ribbon and the tape to outside of the housing;
• and
• an output portion through which the tape exposed to the outside of the housing through the opening is to be passed,
• wherein the tape further comprises a plurality of pairs of first media and second media each as the pair of the first medium and the second medium,
• wherein a length between the opening and the output portion is less than a distance between two pairs of the plurality of the pairs of the first media and the second media, which two pairs are adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction,
• wherein the first separating line extends in the widthwise direction from the second separating line to the second end of the sheet in the widthwise direction and does not extend in the widthwise direction between the second separating line and the first end of the sheet in the widthwise direction, and
• wherein the first medium comprises a first printed region on which a first image is printed, and the second medium comprises a second printed region on which a second image is printed, the first image and the second image being formed by dividing an original image having a length greater than that of the first medium and the second medium in the widthwise direction, the first image and the second image being printed such that the first image and the second image are respectively oriented in opposite directions.

A tape cassette, comprising:

• a tape roll that is a roll of a tape wound around a spool, the tape comprising (i) a sheet having a strip shape, (ii) a first medium and a second medium arranged adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction of the sheet, the first medium and the second medium being spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, the first medium and the second medium being peelably adhered to the sheet, (iii) a first separating line formed at a portion of the sheet which is located between the first medium and the second medium arranged in the longitudinal direction as a pair, the first separating line extending, in a widthwise direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, over at least a portion of a region extending in the widthwise direction from a first end of the sheet in the widthwise direction to a second end of the sheet in the widthwise direction, the first separating line comprising a portion formed through or cut in the sheet in a thickness direction of the sheet, (iv) a second separating line formed at a portion of the sheet which is located in the widthwise direction between a center position of the second medium in the widthwise direction and a first end of the second medium which is nearer in the widthwise direction to the first end of the sheet than the center position of the second medium in the widthwise direction, the second separating line being formed at at least a portion of the sheet to which the second medium adheres and which is located between a first end of the second medium in the longitudinal direction and a second end of the second medium in the longitudinal direction, the second separating line comprising a portion formed through or cut in the sheet in the thickness direction, the second medium comprising an image extending in the longitudinal direction and at least formed in a first color different from a ground color of the second medium;
• a ribbon roll that is a roll of ink ribbon to be used for printing on the tape roll;
• and
• a housing that houses the tape roll and the ribbon roll,
• wherein the ink ribbon comprises ink of a second color different from the first color,
• wherein the first separating line extends in the widthwise direction from the second separating line to the second end of the sheet in the widthwise direction and does not extend in the widthwise direction between the second separating line and the first end of the sheet in the widthwise direction, and
• wherein the first medium comprises a first printed region on which a first image is printed, and the second medium comprises a second printed region on which a second image is printed, the first image and the second image being formed by dividing an original image having a length greater than that of the first medium and the second medium in the widthwise direction, the first image and the second image being printed such that the first image and the second image are respectively oriented in opposite directions.