Half cutter, method of manufacturing half cutter, and tape printing device

A method of manufacturing a half cutter including

• a cutting blade having a blade, a holder to which the blade is fixed and a frame that is rotatably attached to the holder,
• a blade receiving member having a blade receiving surface from and with which the blade is separated and comes into contact,
• a pair of holder protrusion portions that are provided at both ends of the holder, and are flush with a cutting edge of the blade when the blade is fixed to the holder, and
• a spacer which generates a gap between the blade and the blade receiving surface in a state in which the blade comes close to the blade receiving surface, the method comprising:
• forming the spacer in the holder to protrude toward the blade receiving surface further than the blade with a material that is different from a material of the holder by a first surface treatment or forming the spacer to protrude from the blade receiving surface with a material that is different from a material of the blade receiving member by a second surface treatment.

A tape printing device comprising:

• a printing unit that performs printing on a printing tape of a laminated tape having the printing tape and a peeling tape laminated on the printing tape;
• and
• a half cutter that forms a cut on a surface of one of the printing tape and the peeling tape with respect to the laminated tape, wherein
• the half cutter includes
• a cutting blade having a blade, a holder to which the blade is fixed and a frame that is rotatably attached to the holder,
• a blade receiving member having a blade receiving surface from and with which the blade is separated and comes into contact,
• a pair of holder protrusion portions that are provided at both ends of the holder, and are flush with a cutting edge of the blade when the blade is fixed to the holder, and
• a spacer having at least one of a holder spacer which is made of a material that is different from a material of the holder, is formed in the holder to protrude toward the blade receiving surface further than the blade by a first surface treatment, and generates a gap between the blade and the blade receiving surface in a state in which the blade comes close to the blade receiving surface and a blade receiving spacer which is made of a material different from a material of the blade receiving member, is formed to protrude from the blade receiving surface by a second surface treatment, and generates a gap between the blade and the blade receiving surface in a state in which the blade comes close to the blade receiving surface.