A tape cassette that includes a housing, at least one tape, and a color indicator portion disposed between the tape housing area and the periphery, and in a specified area adjacent to the tape housing area on a rear edge side of the bottom wall, the color indicator portion indicating color information relating to the at least one tape and including a plurality of lateral information sections that are a plurality of strip-shaped sections extending along the left-and-right direction of the housing and aligned in a front-rear direction of the housing, wherein, of the plurality of lateral information sections, whether a protrusion is formed in a first lateral information section indicates a base material color of the at least one tape, and whether a protrusion is formed in a second lateral information section indicates a print color of the at least one tape.

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›1.independentA tape cassette comprising:na housing including a top wall having a top surface, a bottom wall having a bottom surface opposing the top wall, and a fr…+17

A tape cassette comprising:na housing including a top wall having a top surface, a bottom wall having a bottom surface opposing the top wall, and a front wall having a specified height and connecting the top wall and the bottom wall, the bottom surface having a first surface portion being a flat portion and a second surface portion being a flat portion extending generally parallel to the first surface portion and located between the top surface and the first surface portion in a first direction generally orthogonal to the top surface or to the first surface portion;a tape at least partially included within the housing;a recess provided on the front wall and extending from the bottom surface towards the top surface;a first aperture provided on the front wall and located on a first side of the recess in a left-right direction, the left-right direction being parallel to the front wall and to the bottom wall;a first indicator portion provided on a portion of the bottom wall spaced from the front wall, the first indicator portion including a first protrusion formed in the second surface portion and protruding from the second surface portion, a protruding end of the first protrusion being located between the second surface portion and the first surface portion, the first indicator portion being configured to indicate a first element among a plurality of elements of a type of the tape and being located in a generally center position of the housing in the left-right direction; anda second indicator portion provided on the front wall and located in a generally center position of the housing and on the first side of the recess in the left-right direction, the second indicator portion including a second aperture and being configured to indicate a second element among the plurality of elements of a type of the tape, the second element being different from the first element, wherein a virtual line orthogonal to the front wall passes through the first aperture, the first protrusion, and the second indicator portion when viewing along a direction orthogonal to the left-right direction and to a front-rear direction orthogonal to the front wall.

›2.↳ 1The tape cassette according to claim 1,nwherein the tape is included in one of a first tape housing area and a second tape housing area,wherein each o…d2+1

›3.↳ 1The tape cassette according to claim 1, wherein the second indicator portion indicates at least a width of the tape as the second element.d2

›4.↳ 1The tape cassette according to claim 1, wherein the second indicator portion indicates, as the second element, whether a print mode is a normal image …d2

›5.↳ 1The tape cassette according to claim 1, wherein the first indicator portion indicates, as the first element, a tape color and a character color.d2+1

›7.↳ 1The tape cassette according to claim 1,nwherein a position of the first protrusion in the first indicator portion corresponds to the first element of …d2

›8.↳ 1The tape cassette according to claim 1,nwherein the first aperture and the second aperture are through-holes formed in the front wall, andwherein sect…d2

›9.↳ 1The tape cassette according to claim 1,nwherein the first indicator portion includes a first lateral information section, wherein the first lateral in…d2+5

›10.↳ 9The tape cassette according to claim 9,nwherein the first indicator portion includes a second lateral information section, wherein the second lateral …d3+4

›11.↳ 10The tape cassette according to claim 10,nwherein the first indicator portion includes a first vertical information section, wherein the first vertical…d4

›12.↳ 10The tape cassette according to claim 10,nwherein the first indicator portion includes a first vertical information section and a second vertical infor…d4

›14.↳ 10The tape cassette according to claim 10,nwherein the first indicator portion includes vertical information sections, wherein the vertical information …d4

›15.↳ 10The tape cassette according to claim 10,nwherein the first indicator portion includes vertical information sections, wherein the vertical information …d4

›13.↳ 1The tape cassette according to claim 1,nwherein the first indicator portion includes a first vertical information section, wherein the first vertical …d2

›17.↳ 1The tape cassette according to claim 1, wherein the virtual line orthogonal to the front wall passes through the second aperture.d2+1

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section B — Performing operations; transporting

B41J11/44
B41J11/00
B41J15/00
B41J32/00
B41J15/04

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