Patent ID: 9656488
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A tape cassette, comprising: a housing at least partially accommodating a tape, the housing including a top wall having a top surface orthogonal to a first direction, a bottom wall having a bottom surface, a front wall extending from the bottom wall toward the top wall, an arm rear wall extending from the bottom wall toward the top wall, an arm portion formed by the front wall and the arm rear wall, and a tape exit formed on the arm portion, the arm portion being configured to guide the tape toward the tape exit in a tape feed direction, the tape feed direction being a direction toward the tape exit along the front wall at the arm portion and being orthogonal to the first direction, the housing having a generally rectangular shape when viewed along the first direction; a first surface portion provided in the bottom surface, the first surface portion being a flat surface portion and including the bottom surface at the arm portion; a first receiving portion comprising a recess recessing from the first surface portion toward the top wall and opening downstream in the tape feed direction, the first receiving portion being connected to an upstream end of the arm rear wall in the tape feed direction; a second surface portion provided in the bottom surface, the second surface portion being a flat surface portion extending generally parallel to the first surface portion and being located between the top surface and the first surface portion in the first direction; and a first indicator portion provided on the second surface portion, the first indicator portion having a first protrusion protruding from the second surface portion, the first protrusion having a protruding end located between the second surface portion and the first surface portion in the first direction, wherein the housing includes a plurality of corner portions, each of the plurality of the corner portions being provided at a respective corner of the generally rectangular shape, wherein a first corner portion of the plurality of the corner portions and a second corner portion of the plurality of the corner portions each include a third surface portion, the third surface portion being a flat surface portion extending generally parallel to the first surface portion, and the third surface portion being located between the first surface portion and the second surface portion in the first direction, and wherein the second surface portion is located between the first corner portion and the second corner portion when viewed from the bottom surface.