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Pad assembly for use in a magnetic tape cassette

US4314299A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 10, 1979
Grant dateFeb 2, 1982
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Expiry dateSep 10, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/62
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic tape cassette including a pressure pad which consists of a pad piece and a leaf spring holding the piece in place, characterized in that the leaf spring is formed, in one piece, of a pad-piece-holding portion supporting the back side of said pad piece, two wing portions and Y-shaped portions extending from the upper and lower edge sections of the both ends of said pad-piece-holding portion and joining said both wing portions is provided. The present pressure pad is capable of exerting a uniform pressure to a magnetic tape against a magnetic recording and reproducing head of a magnetic tape cassette recorder when said cassette is put in position of the recorder and the recorder is placed in the recording or reproducing mode.

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