Patent ID: 8109684

Claim:
A tape printing system comprising: a tape cassette, the tape cassette comprising; a conveying roller, a tape-shaped auxiliary medium, a cassette case that accommodates the conveying roller and the tape-shaped auxiliary medium, and an opening arranged on the cassette case, a printing tape conveying apparatus, the printing tape conveying apparatus comprising; a heat roller, wherein the tape cassette is detachably mounted on a printing tape conveying apparatus, the conveying roller comes into contact with the heat roller through the opening, the conveying roller and the heat roller face each other when the tape cassette is mounted on the printing tape conveying apparatus, the conveying roller and the heat roller mounted on the printing tape conveying apparatus cooperate with each other to convey a printing tape having an adhesive layer formed thereon, the adhesive layer exhibiting adhesive properties when one face thereof is heated, the tape-shaped auxiliary medium comes into contact with the printing tape, the tape-shaped auxiliary medium is sequentially conveyed as the printing tape is conveyed, and the heat roller conveys the printing tape when the tape cassette is mounted on the printing tape conveying apparatus.