Tape cartridge
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTaishi SASAKI
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Abstract
A tape cartridge mounted to a tape printer includes a ribbon feeding core on which an ink ribbon is wound so as to be capable of being fed and a ribbon winding core that winds the ink ribbon fed from the ribbon feeding core. In the tape cartridge, the ribbon feeding core includes a core body that winds the ink ribbon and a shaft engaging part formed at an end portion of the core body and engaged with a feeding-side driving shaft of the tape printer. The shaft engaging part protrudes in an axial direction of the core body from an end surface of the core body and is formed in a crown shape in which a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions are alternately arranged side by side in a circumferential direction.
Claims8
A tape cartridge mounted to a tape printer, comprising:
- a ribbon feeding core on which an ink ribbon is wound so as to be capable of being fed;
- and
- a ribbon winding core that winds the ink ribbon fed from the ribbon feeding core,
- wherein the ribbon feeding core includes:
- a core body that winds the ink ribbon;
- and
- a shaft engaging part formed at an end portion of the core body and engaged with a feeding-side driving shaft of the tape printer, and
- the shaft engaging part protrudes in an axial direction of the core body from an end surface of the core body and is formed in a crown shape in which a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions are alternately arranged side by side in a circumferential direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.