Accommodation body and tape printing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11458750-B2
Application number	US-202016891439-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2020
Priority date	Jun 19, 2019
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed is an accommodation body including: a tape roll accommodation part in which a tape roll on which a tape to be fed to a tape printing apparatus is wound is accommodated; a wall part that is provided with a tape discharge port from which the tape fed from the tape roll is to be discharged; and a cartridge accommodation part in which a ribbon cartridge that has an ink ribbon and is to be installed in the tape printing apparatus while retaining the tape fed from the tape roll is accommodated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An accommodation body comprising:
an accommodation body part;
an accommodation lid part located on a first side of the accommodation body part; and
accommodation leg parts that support the accommodation body part, the accommodation leg parts being located on a second side of the accommodation body part opposite to the first side and extending away from the second side in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the second side, the accommodation body part including:
a tape roll accommodation part in which a tape roll on which a tape to be fed to a tape printing apparatus is wound is accommodated;
a wall part that is provided with a tape discharge port from which the tape fed from the tape roll is to be discharged; and
a cartridge accommodation part in which a ribbon cartridge that has an ink ribbon and is to be installed in the tape printing apparatus while retaining the tape fed from the tape roll is accommodated, wherein:

the accommodation body is provided out of the tape printing apparatus when the tape is fed from the tape roll to the tape printing apparatus,
a tape supplying body including the tape roll, a first member on which one end surface of the tape roll is placed, and a second member is accommodated in the tape roll accommodation part,
the second member has
a running-onto prevention part that is provided at other end surface of the tape roll,
a tape receiving part that is provided at a bottom surface of the first member, and
a connection part that is provided on a radially outer side of the tape roll and connects the running-onto prevention part and the tape receiving part to each other, and

the tape roll accommodation part is provided with
a rotation supporting part that rotatably supports the first member and
a rotation prevention part that prevents rotation of the second member when the tape is fed from the tape roll and the tape roll and the first member integrally rotate with each other.

2. The accommodation body according to claim 1 , wherein
the cartridge accommodation part is provided between the tape roll accommodation part and the tape discharge port.

3. The accommodation body according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotation prevention part engages the connection part to prevent rotation of the second member.

4. The accommodation body according to claim 1 , wherein
the tape roll accommodation part is provided with a recessed part that is provided corresponding to the tape receiving part and determines a direction of the second member in a circumferential direction of the second member.

5. The accommodation body according to claim 1 , wherein
the cartridge accommodation part is provided with a cartridge retention part that retains the ribbon cartridge.

6. A tape printing system comprising:
a tape printing apparatus; and
an accommodation body including:
an accommodation body part;
an accommodation lid part located on a first side of the accommodation body part; and
accommodation leg parts that support the accommodation body part, the accommodation leg parts being located on a second side of the accommodation body part opposite to the first side and extending away from the second side in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the second side, the accommodation body part including:
a tape roll accommodation part in which a tape roll on which a tape to be fed to the tape printing apparatus is wound is accommodated,
a wall part on which a tape discharge port from which the tape fed from the tape roll is to be discharged is provided, and
a cartridge accommodation part in which a ribbon cartridge that has an ink ribbon and is to be installed in the tape printing apparatus is accommodated, the ribbon cartridge being capable of retaining the tape fed from the tape roll, wherein:

the accommodation body is provided out of the tape printing apparatus when the tape is fed from the tape roll to the tape printing apparatus,
a tape supplying body including the tape roll, a first member on which one end surface of the tape roll is placed, and a second member is accommodated in the tape roll accommodation part,
the second member has
a running-onto prevention part that is provided at other end surface of the tape roll,
a tape receiving part that is provided at a bottom surface of the first member, and
a connection part that is provided on a radially outer side of the tape roll and connects the running-onto prevention part and the tape receiving part to each other, and

the tape roll accommodation part is provided with
a rotation supporting part that rotatably supports the first member and
a rotation prevention part that prevents rotation of the second member when the tape is fed from the tape roll and the tape roll and the first member integrally rotate with each other.

7. The tape printing system according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a coupling member that couples the tape printing apparatus and the accommodation body to each other.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Bizen Mizuki
• Sasaki Taishi
• Ishimoto Akio
• Hatayama Yuki

Classifications

• B41J3/4075

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• B41J15/046

  for the guidance of continuous copy material, e.g. for preventing skewed conveyance of the continuous copy material · CPC title

• B41J32/00

  Ink-ribbon cartridges · CPC title

• B41J17/22 Primary

  Supply arrangements for webs of impression-transfer material · CPC title

• B41J15/044 Primary

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