Patent · US Expired

Magnetic tape cassette with a tape-end detecting prism

US4783022A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 24, 1987
Grant dateNov 8, 1988
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Expiry dateJun 24, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/08742
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic tape cassette in which the hubs are locked when the front panel is closed and having an optical prism adjacent the tape path between a tape guide member and a hub. A projection is provided between the prism and the hub so that the tape is tensioned between the tape guide member and the projection and never contacts the prism, even during cassette assembly.

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