US 12,214,586 B2
Printer and printing cassette
Shinji Ukai, Kiyosu (JP); Yuya Tagami, Nagoya (JP); and Atsuo Hirose, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/705,275.
Application 17/705,275 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/034877, filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-178163 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0212485 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 2/325 (2006.01); B41J 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 15/044 (2013.01) [B41J 2/325 (2013.01); B41J 3/36 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing cassette comprising:
a case;
a to-be-printed tape, at least a portion of which is accommodated in the case;
a first gear including a first internal gear and a first external gear, the first gear rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction;
a transmission gear or a transmission gear train engaging with the first external gear; and
a second gear including a second external gear engaging with the transmission gear or the transmission gear train, the second gear being rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction, wherein:
an entirety of the first internal gear is accommodated in the case,
a portion of the second external gear is located outside the case; and
the case has an opening such that the portion of the second external gear is exposed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, through the opening.