| US 7,524,120 B2 | ||
| Tape printer | ||
| Tsuyoshi Minoya, Nagoya (Japan); Toshihiro Takahashi, Nagoya (Japan); and Yuji Sakano, Toyota (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 22, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/314,360. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-375410 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0216100 A1, Sep. 28, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 11/70 (2006.01); B41J 15/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/36 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 400—619 [400/613; 400/663] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A tape printer comprising:
a cassette holding part for holding a removable tape cassette which houses a print tape therein;
a print head for printing on the print tape;
a platen roller for pressing the print tape against the print head;
a holding member for holding either one of the platen roller and the print head, the holding member being movable between
a pressing position in which the platen roller and the print head are pressed against each other and a withdrawing position
in which the platen roller and the print head are separated from each other; and
a cassette cover capable of opening and closing for covering the tape cassette installed in the cassette holding member;
wherein the cassette cover has a pressing operation device which contacts the holding member and presses the holding member
to the pressing position during a closed state of the cassette cover, and a withdrawing operation device which contacts the
holding member and returns the holding member to the withdrawing position during a transitional period from the closed state
to an opened state of the cassette cover, and
wherein the withdrawing operation device is a withdrawing cam part that is integrally formed with an extended portion that
extends down from the cassette cover and comes slidably in contact with a withdrawing cam receiver when the cassette cover
is in an open position.
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