US 12,343,984 B2
Auxiliary tape cassette including case having curvature forming member that causes printing tape to be curved
Kosuke Higashi, Nagoya (JP); and Kentaro Murayama, Kasugai (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,476.
Application 18/190,476 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/034292, filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-164714 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294431 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 17/30 (2006.01); B41J 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 17/30 (2013.01) [B41J 17/32 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An auxiliary tape cassette comprising:
an auxiliary tape used for printing on a printing tape; and
a case that accommodates therein at least a part of the auxiliary tape,
wherein the case has:
a discharge opening configured to allow the printing tape to be discharged to an outside of the case; and
a guide part that guides the printing tape supplied from the outside of the case toward the discharge opening, and
wherein the guide part has a curvature forming member that causes the printing tape to be curved such that a portion in a width direction of the printing tape is distended in a thickness direction by contacting the printing tape.