Patent ID: 8256977

Claim:
A printing device detachably loading a tape cassette which includes a label forming a printing medium, a rotatable tape transfer roller discharging the label to the outside, and a shaft hole provided in the tape transfer roller, the printing device comprising: a motor provided within the printing device; a first support shaft that is made of synthetic resin and is fitted in the shaft hole to rotatably support the tape transfer roller; a frame that is made of synthetic resin and anchors a lower part of the first support shaft; a second support shaft that is made of synthetic resin standing on the frame on the opposite side of the first support shaft; a first gear that is rotatably provided around an outer circumference of the second support shaft to be rotated by driving power transmitted from the motor; a second gear that engages with the first gear and biased toward the first gear; and a press roller that includes the second gear, rotates by driving power transmitted through the second gear, and is biased toward the first support shaft to hold the label between itself and the tape transfer roller and to discharge the label to the outside.