Patent ID: 6190069
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: B26D,B41J

Abstract:
A tape cassette for a tape printer having a drive shaft and a print head, the tape cassette comprising:a generally rectangular cassette housing having top and bottom sides and four walls that are sized such that the cassette housing can be mounted within the tape printer;a head recess in the cassette housing for receiving the print head when the cassette housing is mounted within the tape printer;a tape spool rotatably supported within the cassette housing;a tape wound on the tape spool, the tape being fed in a feed path to the head recess;a support hole downstream of the head recess in the feed path for receiving the drive shaft of the tape printer, the support hole being located adjacent a corner of the cassette housing defined by a first wall of the four walls that is generally parallel to the feed path and a second wall of the four walls that is generally perpendicular to the feed path;the second wall including a recess spaced inwardly toward the head recess; anda discharge opening downstream of the support hole and located in the recess for discharging tape from the cassette housing.