Patent ID: 8061915

Claim:
A tape processing apparatus comprising: a tape cutting device which slides a cutter holder having a cutter blade attached therein in a reciprocating sliding directions and cuts a tape by a forward sliding movement thereof; and a tape ejecting device which faces to a tape ejecting path from the tape cutting device to a tape ejecting slot and eject a tape piece of the tape forcibly from the tape ejecting slot by contacting in rotation with the cut tape piece; wherein the tape ejecting device has: an ejecting roller which contacts in rotation with the tape piece; and a power conversion mechanism which is placed between the ejecting roller and the cutter holder, converts a backward sliding movement of the cutter holder to a rotational movement for the ejecting roller, and transmits the rotational movement to the ejecting roller; and the power conversion mechanism comprises: a frictional wheel fixed on a roller shaft of the ejecting roller; a frictional top which is provided in the cutter holder and is capable of rotating freely between a sliding contact position in which the frictional top is in sliding contact with the frictional wheel and makes the frictional wheel rotate and a pull-off position in which the frictional top is pulled off from the frictional wheel; and a check mechanism which is provided in the cutter holder, allows the frictional top to rotate toward the pull-off position by the frictional wheel in the forward sliding movement of the cutter holder and holds the frictional top at the sliding contact position in the backward sliding movement.