Label producing apparatus

A label producing apparatus comprising:

• a cartridge holder capable of attaching and detaching a cartride configured to supply a label tape;
• a feeder configured to pull out and feed said label tape from said cartridge mounted to said cartridge holder;
• a movable blade configured to advance and retreat with respect to a tape transport path by said feeder, and cut said label tape fed by said feeder at a desired length;
• a driving roller configured to contact and discharge said label tape, provided further on a downstream side than said movable blasé on said tape transport path;
• a driven roller provided so that it can advance and retreat between a contact position where it can contact said label tape positioned on said tape transport path with said driving roller from an opposite side and insert said label tape between itself and said driving roller, and a separated position where it separates from said label tape positioned on said tape transport path in an amount equivalent to a predetermined distance;
• a motor configured to rotate in a single direction only and generate a driving force for an advancing and retreating movement of said movable blade with respect to said tape transport path, and a rotational movement of said driving roller;
• a gear mechanism configured to transmit said driving force of said motor to said driving roller so that said driving roller rotates along with a rotational movement of said motor;
• and
• an advancing and retreating adjustment device configured to adjust an advancing and retreating movement of said driven roller with respect to said driving roller and an advancing and retreating movement of said movable blade with respect to said tape transport path, associated with a rotation of said motor in said single direction, to a desired mode in coordination with each other,
• said advancing and retreating adjustment device advancing and retreating said driven roller and said movable blade in coordination so that said driven roller is in said contact position for a predetermined time period after cutting of said label tape is completed by said movable blade,
• wherein
• the label producing apparatus further comprises:
• a tape guide member configured to guide said label tape so that said insertion of said label tape positioned on said tape transport path between said driving roller and said driven roller is not hindered in a state where said driven roller is in said contact position, and said label tape positioned on said tape transport path does not contact said driving roller in a state where said driven roller is not in said contact position, and wherein
• said driving roller is disposed in a position where the driving roller is evacuated inward than said tape guide member so that said label tape is not in contact with a circumference surface of said driving roller when said label tape has arrived near the driving roller.