TAPE ROUTE-MAINTAINING MECHANISM, TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND TAPE PRINTER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tape route-maintaining mechanism capable of maintaining an appropriate position of a feeding route of a tape-shaped material drawn from a tape body, thereby reducing the entire size and facilitating replacement of the tape body.;SOLUTION: A tape route-maintaining mechanism 55 maintains a predetermined position of a feeding route of a printing tape 51a, along which route the printing tape 51a is conveyed toward a tape processing unit provided to perform predetermined processing for the printing tape 51a, while being drawn from a tape body 51 configured by winding the printing tape 51a around a tape core 51b. The tape route-maintaining mechanism includes: a tape case 58 which accommodates the tape body 51 such that the tape body 51 can freely rotate; and a route change member 59 provided on the tape case 58 to change the route of the printing tape 51a drawn from the tape body 51 and guide the tape-shaped material 51a toward the tape processing unit.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT