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Tape printing device

Assignee: Brother Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1989-10-16
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-10-16
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Abstract

Abstract A tape printing device for providing a printed tape including a printing member (23, 23') for printing on one surface of a tape-like recording medium (3, 3') which is to be provided from a supply within the device, means to forward the recording medium into overlapping relation with a double-sided adhesive tape (13, 13') also to be provided from a supply within the device, so as to adhere said double-sided adhesive tape to the printed surface of the tape-like recording medium, means to pass the overlapped tapes to a cutting point in the device and a cutter system at the cutting point comprising a movable cutting member (51, 51') having a blade portion (53, 53') to act against a cutting block (55, 55') which is removable and replaceable.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshiaka c/o Brother Kogyo K. K. Nagao
  • 👤 Atsuhiro c/o Brother Kogyo K. K. Kobayashi
  • 👤 Mikio c/o Brother Kogyo K. K. Sakuma

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 10:27
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J3/00; B41J3/407; B41J3/4075; B41J11/00; B41J11/66; B41J11/70; B41J11/703; B41J15/00; B41J15/04; B41J15/044; B41J32/00; B41J35/00; B41J35/28

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 128 words
A tape printing device for providing a printed tape including a printing member (23, 23') for printing on one surface of a tape-like recording medium (3, 3') which is to be provided from a supply within the device, means to forward the recording medium into overlapping relation with a double-sided adhesive tape (13, 13') also to be provided from a supply within the device, so as to adhere said double-sided adhesive tape to the printed surface of the tape-like recording medium, means to pass the overlapped tapes to a cutting point in the device and a cutter system at the cutting point comprising a movable cutting member (51, 51') having a blade portion (53, 53') to act against a cutting block (55, 55') which is removable and replaceable.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 14 words
A device according to claim 1 wherein the cutter member (51, 51') is rotatable.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 42 words
A device according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the means to pass the overlapped tapes includes a tape aligning member comprising a pair of flanges on a feed roller (17, 17') spaced apart substantially similarly to the width of the tapes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 36 words
A device according to claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein the surface of the double-sided adhesive tape (13, 13') opposite that to which the recording member (3, 3') is adhered is covered with an exfoliative sheet.
Claim 5
Independent Claim 41 words
A device according to any preceding claim wherein in use said printing member (23, 23') executes reverse-printing operation on said surface of said recording member (3, 3') whereby the printing on said surface appears as normal from the opposite surface thereof.

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