Patent ID: 8096716

Claim:
A tape printing apparatus including an accommodating portion which accommodates a roll sheet holder wound with a long roll sheet detachably in a main body case, a carrying unit for carrying the roll sheet, and a top cover that is mounted on a top end portion on a rear side of the main body case so as to be capable of being opened and closed freely and to cover a top side of the roll sheet holder, wherein, the carrying unit includes a carrying roller that comes into contact with the roll sheet so as to carry the roll sheet in a sheet carrying direction, and a pressing unit which includes a thermal head, wherein said pressing unit presses the roll sheet against an outer peripheral face of the carrying roller, the tape printing apparatus further comprising: a link lever which is shaped like a long plate, and an end portion of one side of which is mounted onto an opening portion periphery of the top cover rotatably and detachably; and a release unit, which includes a release lever that is rotatably mounted on one side to the apparatus and is rotatably coupled on an end portion of another side thereof to another side of the link lever; and when said release lever is rotated about said one side, said release unit achieves contact by pressure between the carrying roller and the pressing unit by advancing the thermal head towards the carrying roller, and alternatively achieves separation between the carrying roller and the pressing unit, in conjunction with closing and alternatively opening of the top cover by means of the link lever.