Housing case and tape ribbon set

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11241896-B2
Application number	US-202016883197-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2020
Priority date	Jun 19, 2019
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

A housing case includes a tape roll housing section configured to house a tape roll of a wound tape to be fed to a tape printing device, a tape discharge side removal portion removably provided in a first wall section, the tape discharge side removal portion to be removed to form a tape discharge in the first wall section through which the tape fed from the tape roll is fed, and a cartridge housing section configured to house a ribbon cartridge having an ink ribbon, the ribbon cartridge to be mounted into the tape printing device and being configured to hold the tape fed from the tape roll.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A housing case comprising:
a tape roll housing section configured to house a tape roll of a wound tape to be fed to a tape printing device that is located outside the housing case;
a tape discharge side removal portion removably provided in a first wall section, the tape discharge side removal portion to be removed to form a tape discharge in the first wall section through which the tape fed from the tape roll exits the housing case and is fed to the tape printing device; and
a cartridge housing section configured to house a ribbon cartridge having an ink ribbon, the ribbon cartridge and the ink ribbon to be removed out of the housing case and mounted into the tape printing device and the ribbon cartridge being configured to hold the tape fed from the tape roll.

2. The housing case according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a partition section that partitions the tape roll housing section and the cartridge housing section.

3. The housing case according to claim 2 , wherein a tape passage portion through which the tape fed from the tape roll toward the ribbon cartridge passes is provided between the first wall section and the partition section.

4. The housing case according to claim 3 , wherein the partition section includes a partition body and a partition convex portion protruding from the partition body toward the cartridge housing section, and
the partition convex portion engages with a predetermined outer side wall of the ribbon cartridge when the ribbon cartridge is housed in the cartridge housing section.

5. The housing case according to claim 4 , wherein the partition body and the partition convex portion are integrally formed by folding a plurality of times a plate-like member.

6. The housing case according to claim 1 , wherein in the tape roll housing section, the tape roll and a tape supply unit having a first member on which one end surface of the tape roll is mounted and a second member are housed,
the second member comprises
a riding-up restraining portion disposed on a side opposite to the first member with respect to the tape roll, the riding-up restraining portion being configured to control the tape so as not to ride up the tape roll;
a tape receiving portion disposed on a side opposite to the tape roll with respect to the first member, the tape receiving portion being configured to receive the tape dropping from the first member; and
a coupling portion disposed outside the tape roll in the radial direction, the coupling portion being configured to couple the riding-up restraining portion and the tape receiving portion, and

the tape roll housing section comprises a rotation stopping section configured to stop the rotation of the second member when the tape is fed from the tape roll and the tape roll and the first member rotate together.

7. The housing case according to claim 6 , wherein the rotation stopping section comes into contact with the coupling portion to prevent the second member from rotating.

8. The housing case according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a support section insertion side removal portion removably provided in a second wall section, wherein
removing the support section insertion side removal portion forms, in the second wall section, a support section insertion portion through which a rotation support portion configured to rotatably support the tape roll is to be inserted.

9. A tape ribbon set comprising:
a tape roll of a wound tape to be fed to a tape printing device;
a ribbon cartridge having an ink ribbon, the ribbon cartridge and the ink ribbon to be mounted into the tape printing device and the ribbon cartridge being configured to hold the tape fed from the tape roll; and
a housing case configured to house the tape roll and the ribbon cartridge, wherein
the tape printing device is located outside the housing case, and
the housing case comprises:
a tape roll housing section configured to house the tape roll;
a tape discharge side removal portion removably provided in a first wall section, the tape discharge side removal portion to be removed to form a tape discharge in the first wall section through which the tape fed from the tape roll exits the housing case and is fed to the tape printing device; and
a cartridge housing section configured to house the ribbon cartridge, the ribbon cartridge and the ink ribbon to be removed out of the housing case for being mounted into the tape printing device.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Yanagisawa Atsushi
• Ishimoto Akio
• Bizen Mizuki

Classifications

• B41J32/00

  Ink-ribbon cartridges · CPC title

• B41J17/32 Primary

  Detachable carriers or holders for impression-transfer material mechanism · CPC title

• B41J32/02

  for endless ribbons · CPC title

• B41J15/044 Primary

  Cassettes or cartridges containing continuous copy material, tape, for setting into printing devices · CPC title

• B41J29/13

  Cases or covers · CPC title