Patent ID: 11932028
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A printing device comprising:
a housing having a cassette attaching opening through which a printing cassette accommodating a printing tape is attachable to the housing;
a print head provided inside the housing, the print head extending toward the cassette attaching opening from an interior of the housing;
a platen roller provided inside the housing, the platen roller facing the print head;
a holder holding one of the print head and the platen roller, the holder being movable between a nip position in which the printing tape is nipped between the print head and the platen roller and a non-nip position in which the printing tape is not nipped between the print head and the platen roller; and
a cover attachable to the housing, the cover being movable between a covering position in which the cover covers at least part of the cassette attaching opening and an engaged position in which the cover is engaged with the housing, the cover being configured to move between the covering position and the engaged position by rotating about a rotational axis parallel to an attaching direction in which the printing cassette is attached to the housing through the cassette attaching opening,
wherein the holder is configured to move from the non-nip position to the nip position in conjunction with movement of the cover from the covering position to the engaged position.