Patent · US Expired

Guide for restoring and removing a tape leader block to and from a tape cassette

US4681278A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 14, 1986
Grant dateJul 21, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/26
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A tape leader block can be restored to and removed from its housing in a tape cassette by a guide which comprises a tripartite wedge system having an upwardly inclined plane, a downwardly inclined plane and an inwardly inclined plane which serve to guide the leader block into and out of a receiver opening in the tape cassette's leader block housing.

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