Adhesive tape cartridge

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9511542-B2
Application number	US-201414529425-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2014
Priority date	May 2, 2012
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

This disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cartridge comprising an adhesive tape roll, a peeling part, a separation material roll, a support member, and adhering portion. The adhesive tape roll wound an adhesive tape comprising an adhesive layer and a separation material layer covering the adhesive layer. The peeling part is configured to peel the separation material layer from the adhesive tape fed out from the adhesive tape roll, and thereby to generate an affixing tape. The separation material roll is configured to wind the separation material layer peeled by the peeling part. The support member respectively rotatably supports the adhesive tape roll and the separation material roll. The adhering portion is configured to reseparably adhere the affixing tape generated by the peeling of the separation material layer by the peeling part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adhesive tape cartridge comprising:
an adhesive tape roll having an adhesive tape wound thereon, said adhesive tape comprising an adhesive layer and a separation material layer covering said adhesive layer;
a peeling part configured to peel said separation material layer from said adhesive tape fed out from said adhesive tape roll, and thereby to generate an affixing tape;
a separation material roll configured to wind said separation material layer peeled by said peeling part;
a support member that respectively rotatably supports said adhesive tape roll and said separation material roll; and
an adhering portion configured to reseparably adhere said affixing tape generated by the peeling of said separation material layer by said peeling part thereto, said adhering portion comprising a cover member configured to cover at least an area of said separation material roll from said affixing tape generated by said peeling part,
wherein the cover member comprises two sides defining a hole, and wherein said affixing tape is configured to be reseparably adhered to each of the two sides across said hole.

2. The adhesive tape cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein said adhering portion is a reseparably adhering portion configured to perform a predetermined release processing for reseparably adhering said affixing tape thereto.

3. The adhesive tape cartridge according to claim 2 , wherein said reseparably adhering portion comprises a release processing area formed on said support member, or a release processing member attached to said support member.

4. The adhesive tape cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein said hole is configured to expose said affixing tape to said separation material roll via said hole so as to allow said affixing tape to be accessible by a finger operation.

5. The adhesive tape cartridge according to claim 1 ,
wherein said support member includes:
a pair of first bracket parts that sandwich said adhesive tape roll from a first side and a second side to rotatably hold said adhesive tape roll; and
a pair of second bracket parts that sandwich said separation material roll from a first side and a second side to rotatably hold said separation material roll, and

wherein said pair of first bracket parts is spaced apart from said pair of second bracket parts.

6. An adhesive tape cartridge comprising:
an adhesive tape roll having wound thereon an adhesive tape comprising an adhesive layer and a separation material layer covering said adhesive layer;
a peeling part configured to peel said separation material layer from said adhesive tape fed out from said adhesive tape roll, and thereby to generate an affixing tape;
a separation material roll configured to wind said separation material layer peeled by said peeling part;
a support member that respectively rotatably supports said adhesive tape roll and said separation material roll; and
an adhering portion configured to reseparably adhere said affixing tape generated by the peeling of said separation material layer by said peeling part,
wherein said adhering portion is an adhesive holding member configured to reseparably adhere a first area of said adhesive layer of said affixing tape generated by the peeling of said separation material layer by said peeling part, and to hold a second area other than said first area in a state of exposure in the air, and
wherein said adhesive holding member comprises:
a concave part configured to hold said second area of said affixing tape in the air, and to receive a tip end part of a connecting tape for sticking and connecting to said adhesive layer of said affixing tape; and
an adhering part that is respectively provided on both sides of said concave part and is configured to reseparably adhere said first area of said affixing tape while keeping said first area separated from said tip end part of said connecting tape received in said concave part in a tape thickness direction, the first area being positioned on both sides of said second area in a width direction of said affixing tape.

7. The adhesive tape cartridge according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a switching member that said tip end part of said connecting tape received is stuck to and is disposed on said concave part, the switching member being configured to switch between a first position and a second position, wherein in said first position the tip end part stuck and said second area of said affixing tape are separated in a tape thickness direction of said affixing tape, and wherein in said second position the tip end part stuck and said second area of said affixing tape approach in said tape thickness direction and come in contact with each other.

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Tanaka Mitsugi

Classifications

• B65C9/0006

  Removing backing sheets · CPC title

• B29C65/5092 Primary

  characterised by the tape handling mechanisms, e.g. using vacuum · CPC title

• B41J3/4075

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• B65H19/1852

  taking place at a distance from the replacement roll · CPC title

• B65H2301/5111

  Printing; Marking · CPC title