Patent · US Expired

Tape cassette

US4352473A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 21, 1980
Grant dateOct 5, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 21, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/08757
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A tape cassette according to this invention comprises at least three guide rollers disposed inside the housing of the tape cassette. The at least three guide rollers define a position of the magnetic recording tape of the tape cassette relative to the housing across the thickness thereof while the tape is travelling from one of two reel hubs held by the housing along a path extending adjacent a front wall of the housing, the front wall having openings for the insertion of a magnetic head and a pinch roller.

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