Printing cassette
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinji Ukai
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Abstract
A printing cassette that is to be attached to and detached from a printing apparatus main body is provided. The printing cassette includes: a first roll in which a first tape is wound around a winding center axis parallel to a first direction; and an input gear that is disposed at a different position from the first roll in the first direction, engaging another gear, and configured to transmit a driving force of a drive shaft of the printing apparatus to the another gear. The first roll has a cylindrical shape in which a hollow portion is defined by an inner peripheral surface. The drive shaft is inserted into the hollow portion of the first roll and the input gear is engaged with the drive shaft in a state where the printing cassette is attached to the printing apparatus main body.
Claims18
A printing cassette that is to be attached to and detached from a printing apparatus main body, the printing apparatus main body including a drive shaft that rotates around an axis, the printing cassette comprising:
- a first roll in which a first tape is wound around a winding center axis parallel to a first direction;
- and
- an input gear that is disposed at a different position from the first roll in the first direction, engaging another gear, and configured to transmit a driving force of the drive shaft to the another gear,
- wherein the first roll has a cylindrical shape in which a hollow portion is defined by an inner peripheral surface,
- wherein the drive shaft is inserted into the hollow portion of the first roll in a state where the printing cassette is attached to the printing apparatus main body, and
- wherein the input gear is engaged with the drive shaft in a state where the printing cassette is attached to the printing apparatus main body.
A printing cassette comprising:
- a first roll in which a first tape is wound around a winding center axis parallel to a first direction;
- and
- an input gear that is disposed at a different position from the first roll in the first direction, engaging another gear, and configured to transmit a driving force input from an external to the another gear,
- wherein the first roll has a cylindrical shape in which a hollow portion is defined by an inner peripheral surface, and
- wherein a rotational axis of the input gear overlaps the hollow portion of the first roll in the first direction.
A printing cassette comprising:
- a first roll in which a first tape is wound around a winding center axis parallel to a first direction;
- and
- an input portion that is disposed at a different position from the first roll in the first direction, engaging another driving force transmission member, and configured to transmit a driving force input from an external to the another driving force transmission member,
- wherein the first roll has a cylindrical shape in which a hollow portion is defined by an inner peripheral surface, and
- wherein a rotational axis of the input portion overlaps the hollow portion of the first roll in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.