Tape cassette, in particular magnetic tape cassette, and support liners for this

US5402296A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Klaus Manzke · Wassertrüdingen, DE
• Lothar Gliniorz
• Klaus Schoettle · Heidelberg, DE
• Arno Huck · Rheinau, DE
• Norbert Schaeffer · Bad Dürkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 1993
• Grant date: Mar 28, 1995
• Expiry date: Nov 17, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G11B23/08764
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A tape cassette is provided with curved/bent support liners, the longitudinal bends having different cross-sectional shapes and lengths and hence different effective spring constants. The hubs or reels and, if necessary, the tape rolls are guided and the tape sections to be wound/unwound are aligned.