Patent ID: 9090108
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A tape printing apparatus in which a tape roll wound with a tape as fed object is detachably set in a width direction with a state that a tip portion is pulled out comprising: a roll placement section, which is formed in a concave shape, in which a roll portion of the tape roll is placed in the width direction; a feeding path on which a pulled-out portion of the tape roll is set in the width direction, the feeding path having a groove bottom that positionally regulates a width end at one side in a set direction of the pulled-out portion; a set position regulation section that is provided in a path formation section forming a part of the feeding path and positionally regulates a width end at the other side in the set direction of the pulled-out portion set on the feeding path in the width direction; a tape feeding section that feeds the pulled-out portion of the tape roll from the roll portion of the tape roll placed in the roll placement section along the feeding path; a printing section that prints on the pulled-out portion of the tape roll; and two finger engagement sections which are formed in a concave shape continuous with the roll placement section; wherein the two finger engagement sections consist of a first finger engagement section and a second finger engagement section, and the first finger engagement section is used for pressing an outer surface of the tape roll at a boundary of the roll portion and the pulled-out portion in case of taking out the tape roll, and the first finger engagement section and the second finger engagement section are spaces respectively independent from each other when the roll portion of the tape roll is placed in the roll placement section, and the set position regulation section is provided on a wall body of the path formation section at a side opposite to an outer surface of the pulled-out portion continuous with an outer surface of the roll portion.