Patent ID: 11884087
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A tape cartridge to be attached to a tape printing device having a detecting portion, the tape cartridge comprising:
a tape-like member including
a tape body having a first edge located in a first direction, which is one side in a width direction of the tape body, and
a detection projection portion projecting in the first direction from the first edge so as to be detected by the detecting portion and having a detection end at an end thereof in the first direction;

a guide portion that guides feeding of the tape-like member such that the tape-like member curves along a peripheral surface of a platen roller for feeding the tape-like member; and
a contact portion that makes contact with the detection end when the tape-like member is convex outwardly from the platen roller at a position where the tape-like member curves along the peripheral surface of the platen roller.