Patent ID: 8757907
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A tape cassette comprising: a generally rectangular box-like housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a side wall defining a periphery of the housing; at least one tape wound and mounted within the housing in a tape containing area defined within the periphery; first and second cavities disposed between the tape containing area and the periphery at opposite ends of a diagonal of the generally rectangular box-like housing and each extending from an opening provided in the bottom wall, the diagonal connecting a first corner portion and a second corner portion of the generally rectangular box-like housing, the second cavity extending from the opening that is an elongated hole in the bottom wall having a length greater than its width, the length of the hole generally extending toward the first cavity, at least the second cavity being formed as a through-hole generally along the diagonal that extends through the top wall and the bottom wall along a line perpendicular to the bottom wall, the second cavity being defined at least in part by a wall extending from the bottom wall toward the top wall; and a cylindrically shaped tape feed roller rotatably disposed between the top wall and the bottom wall to draw out the at least one tape and having an insert hole opening in the bottom wall via the first cavity, wherein the elongated hole is formed about a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis extending generally diagonally across the housing toward the first cavity, the elongated hole being symmetrical about the longitudinal axis.