Patent ID: 7867593
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: B41J,B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tape, the tape comprising: a release layer, which is elongated to extend in a lengthwise direction and which has a pair of side edges that extend along the lengthwise direction, the pair of side edges being separate from each other in a widthwise direction that is substantially perpendicular to the lengthwise direction, the release layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, an entire area of the second surface including a pair of non-recording regions and a recording region, the pair of non-recording regions extending along both side edges of the second surface, the recording region being located between the pair of non-recording regions, a plurality of sensor marks being formed on the first surface, the sensor marks being arranged in the lengthwise direction, an entire part of each sensor mark being located on the first surface at a region that corresponds to the recording region and that is shifted offset from the pair of non-recording regions; and a recording medium provided over the recording region of the second surface of the release layer via an adhesive layer, the recording medium being able to be peeled off from the release layer; wherein the release layer has a trailing end line, the trailing end line extending in the widthwise direction, the lengthwise direction extending from the trailing end line substantially perpendicularly thereto, the release layer being rolled up together with the recording medium to form a roll with the trailing end line being located at an innermost part of the roll with the printing medium facing inward and the first surface of the release layer facing outward, the tape being unwound by a tape printer and fed in the lengthwise direction when the tape is mounted in the tape printer, wherein a folding line is defined at a distance away from the trailing end line in the lengthwise direction, the folding line extending in the widthwise direction, an end portion being defined between the trailing end line and the folding line, a next-to-end portion being defined next to the end portion in the lengthwise direction to have a length the same as the end portion along the lengthwise direction, the tape being folded at the folding line, with the release layer in the end portion facing the release layer in the next-to-end portion to prevent the sensor marks on the release layer in the end portion and in the next-to-end portion from being exposed.