Patent ID: 9539832
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A tape cartridge to be installed in a tape printing apparatus having a print head that performs printing on a print tape, the tape cartridge comprising: a tape-shaped member that has the print tape and a release tape affixed to a rear side of the print tape; a platen roller that is provided so as to be brought into rolling-contact with a side of the release tape of the tape-shaped member, feeds by rotation the tape-shaped member held between the platen roller and the print head, and moves, within a prescribed range in a tape feed direction as the tape-shaped member is paid out and drawn; and a drawing prevention portion that is provided at a position upstream of the platen roller in the tape feed direction and holds the tape-shaped member between the drawing prevention portion and the platen roller when the platen roller moves to an upstream side in the tape feed direction as the tape-shaped member is drawn, wherein the drawing prevention portion does not hold the tape-shaped member between the drawing prevention portion and the platen roller on one side in a tape width direction of the tape-shaped member when the platen roller moves to the upstream side in the tape feed direction.