Safety device for cassettes
US5289914A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T292/1091
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Safety device for a cassette for a compact disc, a cassette tape or the like, which comprises two hingedly interconnected rectangular cassette halves. The safety device can be mounted on the outside of the cassette encircling the cassette to prevent opening thereof and is provided with a lock member for locking engagement with the cassette, which includes a rotary bolt (22) enclosed in a lock housing (20), to be adjusted between engaged position and disengaged position from the outside of the lock housing. A spring blade (30) of magnet material is provided as a latch member for the rotary bolt, the spring blade being arranged to prevent in a latching position rotation of the rotary bolt from the engaged position and being operable against spring bias by magnetic attraction from the outside of the lock housing from the engaged position unlatching the rotary bolt to allow rotation thereof to the disengaged position.
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