Patent ID: 9533522
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A tape cassette, comprising: a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, and a tape feed exit, wherein the top surface and the bottom surface are parallel to each other and the front surface is perpendicular to the top surface and the bottom surface; a tape included at least partially within the housing; an indicator aperture formed on the front surface; an arm portion defined by a section of the front surface and a first wall, the first wall extending from the bottom surface toward the top surface and being spaced from the section of the front surface, the tape feed exit being formed on a downstream end of the arm portion in a feed direction of the tape within the arm portion; an opening extending through the housing in a first direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the top surface or the bottom surface, the opening being defined by the first wall, a second wall and a connection portion, the first wall and the second wall facing each other, the first wall being disposed between the second wall and the front surface, the second wall extending from the bottom surface to the top surface and being parallel to the front surface, the connection portion connecting upstream ends of the first wall and the second wall in the feed direction; and a first surface provided in the connection portion, the first surface being disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface in the first direction, the housing having a first indentation extending from the bottom surface to the first surface, the first surface being parallel to the top surface or the bottom surface.