Tape cartridge and tape feeding apparatus

A tape feeding apparatus comprising:

• a tape cartridge having
• a tape-shaped member and
• a cartridge case in which the tape-shaped member is accommodated so as to be capable of being paid out,
• the tape-shaped member having
• a plurality of label portions provided along a tape length direction and
• a plurality of detection target portions provided along the tape length direction so as to correspond to the plurality of label portions at one end in a tape width direction and projecting in the tape width direction;
• a cartridge installation portion in which the tape cartridge is installed;
• a cutting portion that cuts off the tape-shaped member at a cut position outside the cartridge case;
• a detection portion that detects passage of the respective detection target portions;
• and
• a feed portion that feeds the tape-shaped member based on the passage detection of the detection target portions corresponding to the label portions to separate the label portions at a prescribed cut spot on the tape-shaped member by the cutting portion, wherein
• the cartridge case has an exposed area, in which the respective detection target portions are exposed to be detected by the detection portion, on a feed path of the tape-shaped member, and a tape delivery port that is formed to eject the tape-shaped member to an outside of the cartridge case, and
• a distance between the tape delivery port and an upstream end of the exposed area is shorter than a distance between an end on a paying-out tip-end side of the detection target portion corresponding to any of the label portions and an end on a paying-out terminal-end side of another of the label portions adjacent to the label portion concerned on the paying-out tip-end side in the tape feeding direction.