Patent ID: 11945244
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A cartridge configured to be mounted on a tape printer, the cartridge comprising:
a ribbon roll around which an ink ribbon is wound;
a cartridge case configured to accommodate a tape roll around which a tape is wound, and that accommodates the ribbon roll;
a tape roll accommodating portion configured to accommodate the tape roll; and
a ribbon roll accommodating portion that accommodates the ribbon roll, wherein
the cartridge case includes
a first case portion and a second case portion separated from the first case portion,
the first case portion is configured to open and close the tape roll accommodating portion,
a third case portion separated from the first case portion and the second case portion,
the first case portion and the third case portion constitute an outer shell of the tape roll accommodating portion, and the second case portion and the third case portion constitute an outer shell of the ribbon roll accommodating portion,
a first opening portion is provided in the first case portion in a direction from the first case portion toward the third case portion, and
a second opening portion is provided in the first case portion in a direction from the first case portion toward the second case portion.