Tape cartridge storage assembly having retention tabs mounted to compartment divider walls
US5638962A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47B81/068
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A tape cartridge storage assembly includes a housing having a pair of opposite end walls, a back wall and a floor connected to the end walls and back wall so as to define an interior cavity having an open front end and a storage arrangement disposed in the housing. The storage arrangement includes a plurality of upright divider walls connected to and rising from the floor of the housing and dividing the interior cavity of the housing into separate compartments extending from the open front end of the housing to the back wall of the housing for receiving tape cartridges standing on edge therein and also includes a plurality of retention tabs for releasably interfitting with respective notches defined on the tape cartridges when inserted into the compartments with the retention tabs being attached to the divider walls and protruding laterally into the compartments.
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