Patent ID: 9662912
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B41J,B65H

Claim:
1. A tape cartridge detachably installed on a cartridge installation portion of a tape printing apparatus having a first shaft and a second shaft on the cartridge installation portion, the tape cartridge comprising: a printing tape that is wound on a tape core; two grasping portions that allow the tape cartridge to be grasped when the tape cartridge is installed to or detached from the tape printing apparatus and are disposed at two opposite places on a side surface of the tape cartridge; a platen that has a first reception portion in which the first shaft is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion; and a second reception portion into which the second shaft is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion, wherein the first reception portion is disposed on an opposite side of the tape core to the second reception portion.