Patent ID: 6930697

Claim:
A tape printing device that prints letters/characters on a tape-form thermal recording medium, comprising: a device body, a cassette holding section being formed in said device body to accommodate a tape cassette containing the tape-form recording medium; a cover member that covers said cassette holding section; a thermal head that applies heat to print letters/characters on the tape-form recording medium; a thermal head mounting portion formed on a bottom of said cassette holding section, said thermal head mounting portion including a plate-like member that protrudes from the bottom of said cassette holding section toward said cover member, said thermal head being attached to a side of said plate-like member; and a platen mechanism having a platen which faces said thermal head and is biased toward said thermal head, wherein said thermal head mounting portion has an abutting member, wherein said cover member has a regulating member, said abutting member and said regulating member being configured such that said abutting member abuts said regulating member from a direction opposite to a direction in which said platen is biased toward said thermal head at least when said cover member covers said cassette holding section, deformation of said plate-like member urged by said platen being prevented as a displacement of said abutting member is prevented by said regulating member.