Patent ID: 9656495
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A tape cassette comprising: a cassette case which includes a bottom case and a top case that is attached to an upper side of the bottom case, and which includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface and a pair of side surfaces; a tape that is housed in the cassette case, the tape being a print medium; a tape discharge portion that discharges, from the cassette case, the tape that has been guided in the cassette case along a predetermined feed path, at least part of which extends in parallel with the front surface; a first indicator portion which includes at least one indicator hole and indicates a type of the tape; a first indicator member which is a member independent from at least the bottom case, and which is provided with the first indicator portion; and a first attachment portion which is provided on an upstream side, in a tape feed direction, of the tape discharge portion in the front surface, and to which the first indicator member is removably attached; wherein: the first attachment portion is an opening portion that opens toward the front of the cassette case; the first indicator member has a shape corresponding to an opening shape of the first attachment portion, and is fitted into the first attachment portion; and the at least one indicator hole opens towards the front of the cassette case in a state in which the first indicator member is attached to the first attachment portion.