Patent · US Expired

Secrecy-coded cassette

US4406426A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 16, 1981
Grant dateSep 27, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 16, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/04
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A coded cassette for magnetic tape, film and the like, has a clutch mechanism which prevents transport of the record medium unless a complementally-coded key, as a part of the drive mechanism, is engaged therewith for operating the clutch to an unlocked condition.

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