Patent · US Expired

Videocassette flange with time available gauge

US5370332A · kind A · utility

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23Claims
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Filing dateNov 18, 1993
Grant dateDec 6, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S242/912
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reel flange for a magnetic tape cassette reel has apertures for viewing the tape on the reel. The apertures provide a system for visually estimating the quantity of tape contained on the reel. The flange provides the combined advantages of greater choice of materials for making the flange and improved accuracy in estimating the quantity of tape contained on the reel.

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