Tape cassette

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9457601
APP PUB NO 20150174932A1
SERIAL NO

14641681

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A tape cassette includes a box-like housing, a tape mounted within the housing, a hole and a first indicator portion. The housing includes a top wall having a top surface, a bottom wall having a bottom surface and opposing the top wall, and a front wall having a specified height and being formed along peripheries of the top wall and the bottom wall. The hole is provided in the front wall. The first indicator portion includes at least one first aperture and indicates a first element among a plurality of elements of a type of the tape. The first indicator portion is provided in a portion, spaced from the front wall, of the bottom wall. The hole and the one first aperture is located to intersect a virtual line orthogonal to the front wall when viewing along a vertical direction orthogonal to the top wall and the bottom wall.

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  • BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Horiuchi, Takashi Kariya, JP 139 3741
Imamaki, Teruo Nissin, JP 95 1855
Iriyama, Yasuhiro Mie-ken, JP 37 1046
Kato, Masato Kasugai, JP 95 1623
Nagae, Tsuyoshi Kasugai, JP 67 1441
Sago, Akira Seto, JP 123 2714
Shibata, Yasuhiro Okazaki, JP 94 1765
Yamaguchi, Koshiro Kakamigahara, JP 164 5196

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