Tape supplying device and tape printing system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsAkio Ishimoto, Taishi Sasaki
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Abstract
Disclosed is a tape supplying device that supplies a printing tape fed out from a tape roll having the printing tape wound therein to a tape printing device, the tape supplying device including: a roll supporting part that supports the tape roll in a posture in which a rotation axis of the tape roll crosses a mounting surface on which the tape printing device and the tape supplying device are mounted, wherein the tape supplying device supplies the printing tape to the tape printing device in a state in which the tape supplying device is not installed on the tape printing device.
Claims2
A tape printing system, comprising:
- a tape printing device;
- and
- a tape supplying device that supplies a printing tape from a tape roll having the printing tape wound therein to the tape printing device, wherein
- the tape supplying device
- includes a roll supporting part that includes a cylindrical part and a flange part, wherein
- the cylindrical part is at a center of the roll supporting part,
- the flange part expands outside in a radial direction of the cylindrical part,
- the flange part is expanded from an intermediate part that is in an axial direction of the cylindrical part,
- the tape roll is on the flange part in a posture in which a rotation axis of the tape roll crosses a mounting surface on which the tape printing device and the tape supplying device are mounted,
- the tape roll is on the flange part in the posture in which one end surface of the tape roll comes in direct contact with a specific side surface of the flange part, and
- the mounting surface is perpendicular to a gravity direction,
- supplies the printing tape to the tape printing device in a state in which the tape supplying device is not installed on the tape printing device, and
- includes a pedestal part that rotatably support the roll supporting part,
- wherein
- the tape printing device includes a cartridge installation part in which a cartridge is installed,
- the cartridge includes a platen roller and a tape path into which the printing tape fed out from the tape roll is introduced before the cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation part,
- the cartridge installation part has a platen shaft that is inserted into the platen roller when the cartridge is installed, and
- the platen shaft extends in a direction crossing the mounting surface.
A tape printing system, comprising:
- a tape printing device;
- and
- a tape supplying device that supplies a printing tape from a tape roll having the printing tape wound therein to the tape printing device, wherein
- the tape printing device includes a cartridge installation part in which a cartridge is installed,
- the cartridge includes a platen roller and a tape path into which the printing tape fed out from the tape roll is introduced before the cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation part,
- the cartridge installation part has a platen shaft that is inserted into the platen roller when the cartridge is installed,
- the platen shaft extends in a direction crossing a mounting surface on which the tape printing device and the tape supplying device are mounted,
- the tape supplying device
- includes a roll supporting part that supports the tape roll in a posture in which a rotation axis of the tape roll crosses the mounting surface, and
- supplies the printing tape to the tape printing device in a state in which the tape supplying device is not installed on the tape printing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.