Patent ID: 9381756
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A tape cassette, comprising: a cassette case that has a top face, a bottom face, a front face, a rear face, a pair of side faces and a connecting face, each of the pair of side faces having a length in a front-rear direction that is shorter than a length of the cassette case in a left-right direction, the pair of side faces including a left side face and a right side face that are opposed to each other, a first line being a virtual straight line on a same plane with the bottom face and being an extension of a right edge of the bottom face, a second line being a virtual straight line on the same plane with the bottom face and being an extension of a rear edge of the bottom face, a first portion being a rearmost end of a right edge of the cassette case and being located on a front side of an intersection between the first line and the second line, a second portion being a rightmost end of a rear edge of the cassette case and being located on a left side of the intersection, and the connecting face being a plane that extends from the top face to the bottom face and connects the first portion and the second portion; a tape roll including a tape provided inside the cassette case; a tape feed roller which is provided on a right side of the left side face and which is provided in a front left corner portion of the cassette case; and a head insertion portion configured such that a head of a printer is inserted thereinto, the head insertion portion being an opening that is formed on a right side of the tape feed roller and extending from the bottom face toward the top face, at least one third line passing through the head insertion portion, and the at least one third line being a virtual straight line that is orthogonal to the connecting face.