Tape cassette
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoshiro Yamaguchi, Akira Sago
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Abstract
A tape cassette that includes a generally rectangular box-like housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a side wall defining a periphery of the housing, a first and second cavities extending from the bottom wall and disposed between a tape containing area and the periphery at opposite ends of a diagonal of the generally rectangular box-like housing, at least one tape wound and mounted within the housing in the tape containing area, the at least one tape including a first tape disposed in a first area, the first tape having a hole at a center of winding, and the first area being one of two areas formed by dividing the housing with respect to a line connecting the first and second cavities, and a third cavity that extends in the hole of the first tape from the bottom wall.
Claims8
A tape cassette comprising:
- a generally rectangular box-like housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a side wall defining a periphery of the housing;
- a first and second cavities extending from the bottom wall and disposed between a tape containing area and the periphery at opposite ends of a diagonal of the generally rectangular box-like housing, the tape containing area being defined within the periphery, and the diagonal connecting a first corner portion and a second corner portion of the generally rectangular box-like housing;
- at least one tape wound and mounted within the housing in the tape containing area, the at least one tape including a first tape disposed in a first area, the first tape having a hole at a center of winding, and the first area being one of two areas formed by dividing the housing with respect to a line connecting the first and second cavities;
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- a third cavity that extends in the hole of the first tape from the bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.