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Wheel locks for video tape cassettes

US4739949A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 20, 1986
Grant dateApr 26, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 20, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/08721
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved wheel lock for a video tape cassette is molded as one whole unit (part) of a flexible and elastic plastic material. This single part can effectively prevent the wheels of the tape cassette from free rotation or make it rotate freely, which is conventionally effected by the interaction of five units (parts). This single unit is easy to manufacture, low in its cost and accurate in its action.

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