Patent · US Expired

Magnetic tape cassette

US4969611A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
3References
3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1989
Grant dateNov 13, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2009

Classification

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

Abstract

A magnetic tape cassette, particularly, a digital audio tape cassette, having an improved hub brake structure. The cassette includes upper and lower casing body half portions, and a window member secured to the upper casing body half portion. The window portion rotatably supports the pair of hubs on which a tape is wound. The hub brake includes a pair of lugs engageable with the hubs to prevent their rotation when the cassette is not in use. The hub brake is provided with a pair of engaging portions slidably received between respective support portions of the window member and the upper casing body half portion of slidably mounting the hub brake thereon. A spring urges the hub brake into engagement with the hubs.

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