Patent ID: 8100595

Claim:
A label printing apparatus comprising: a cassette receiving bay arranged to receive a cassette; and an engagement member movable between a first position in which said engagement member is engaged with said cassette and a second position in which said engagement member is disengaged with said cassette, wherein when said engagement member is engaged with said cassette, the engagement member is moveable to cause the cassette to move between a first position and a second position relative to the cassette receiving bay, and when the cassette is in its second position the cassette is retained by the engagement member, wherein the movement of the cassette between its first and second positions is a rotational movement about an axis, and wherein said axis is defined by the combination of a first element and a second element with which the first element is engaged, one of the first and second elements being part of the cassette, and the other of the first and second elements being part of the cassette receiving bay.