Patent · US Expired

Tape cassette

US4706149A · kind A · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 10, 1985
Grant dateNov 10, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C45/26
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a tape cassette, which comprises a cassette casing which consists of upper and lower halves which are molded by injection molding from a synthetic resin, reels mounted for rotation in the cassette casing and having at least lower flanges, and a groove formed in an outer surface of a bottom wall of the lower half in a region which is adjacent the lower flanges of the reels, an improvement comprises at least a projection being formed on at least a portion of an inner surface of the bottom wall of the lower half which overlies the guide groove so as to facilitate a flow of a molten resin injection near the guide groove during molding of the lower half.

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