US 12,246,544 B2
Printing tape with improved resistance to temperature and water
Haruki Matsumoto, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/139,564.
Application 16/139,564 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2017/011743, filed on Mar. 23, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-065633 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0061375 A1, Feb. 28, 2019
Int. Cl. B41J 3/36 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 17/32 (2006.01); B41J 33/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/41 (2006.01); B41M 5/42 (2006.01); B41M 5/44 (2006.01); C09J 121/00 (2006.01); C09J 133/00 (2006.01); C09J 183/04 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 3/36 (2013.01) [B41J 15/044 (2013.01); B41J 17/32 (2013.01); B41J 33/003 (2013.01); B41M 5/41 (2013.01); B41M 5/42 (2013.01); B41M 5/44 (2013.01); C09J 121/00 (2013.01); C09J 133/00 (2013.01); C09J 183/04 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing tape cassette comprising:
a cassette case having a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and a third surface connecting the first surface to the second surface, a combination of the first surface, the second surface, and the third surface defining an internal space, the cassette case being attached to a cassette housing section of a printing device;
a first tape accommodated in the internal space and wound in a roll, the first tape comprising:
a heat-sensitive layer producing color at temperatures within a prescribed range;
a first protective layer provided on the heat-sensitive layer, light being allowed to transmit through the first protective layer; and
a second protective layer provided on a side of the heat-sensitive layer opposite the first protective layer, the second protective layer containing epoxy polyester-based resin; and
a second tape accommodated in the internal space and wound in a roll, the second tape comprising:
a first adhesive layer containing acrylic polymer and rubber-based adhesive, the first adhesive layer having one surface and another surface opposite to the one surface; and
a base material adhered to the one surface of the first adhesive layer,
wherein the first tape fed from the roll of the first tape and printed by the printing device is joined to the second tape fed from the roll of the second tape such that the another surface of the first adhesive layer in the second tape is adhered to the second protective layer of the printed first tape to allow the second protective layer of the printed first tape to be disposed between the first adhesive layer and the heat-sensitive layer.