Patent ID: 9616690
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A tape cassette comprising: a generally rectangular housing having a pair of side walls, a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the generally rectangular housing defining a first corner portion and a second corner portion disposed at diagonally opposite ends of the bottom wall; a first hole formed in the first corner portion, the first hole extending from the bottom wall toward the top wall; a roller provided in the first corner portion, the roller having a roller hole; a second hole formed in the second corner portion, the second hole extending from the bottom wall toward the top wall, the second hole being an oblong hole, an orientation of the oblong hole being at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the pair of side walls and the rear wall, a length of the oblong hole being greater than a width of the oblong hole, the length of the oblong hole extending along a first line connecting the first hole and the second hole, a maximum diameter of the oblong hole being parallel to the first line, the width of the oblong hole being perpendicular to the length of the oblong hole, a minimum diameter of the oblong hole being perpendicular to the first line; a tape wound around a tape spool, the tape spool being positioned in a first area, the first area being at one side with respect to a second line connecting the roller hole and the second hole; an ink ribbon wound around a ribbon spool, the ribbon spool being positioned in a second area, the second area being at a different side with respect to the second line; and a ribbon winding spool configured to wind the ink ribbon, the ribbon winding spool being positioned in the second area.