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System for recording/reproducing signals on/ from a magnetic tape in a cassette

US5760996A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateAug 10, 1992
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/07
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system in which signals can be recorded on or reproduced from a magnetic tape in a cassette, the system comprising standard apparatuses and standard cassettes (29) which are adapted to each other in conformity with a specific standard, which standard cassettes can be positioned correctly on the standard apparatuses by at least one standard locating pin (41) which is engageable in a standard locating aperture (39) of the standard cassette. The standard system is a subsystem of a larger system which also includes deviating apparatuses (1) and deviating cassettes (3) which are adapted to one another in conformity with a deviating standard, which deviating apparatus comprises at least one deviating locating pin (21) which is engageable with clearance in a deviating locating aperture (35A, B) of a deviating cassette but also in a standard locating aperture (37A, B) of a standard cassette, but which deviating locating aperture (35A, B) has such a shape that the standard locating pin (41) is not engageable in the deviating standard aperture.

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