Patent · US Expired

Cassette case

US5782355A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateNov 12, 1997
Grant dateJul 21, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/0233
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cassette case which allows positioning and fixing of a hub without biting of a hub pawl, and enhances the convenience with which the case is used. A plate-like portion comes at its edge into contact with a corner of a peak of a hub pawl without the plate-like portions of the projection coming at their edges into engagement with the hub pawl when a cover section of a storage case has been closed relative to a casing section. The sum of pushing forces exerted on the hub pawl by the plate-like portion causes the hub to rotate to thereby introduce the hub pawl into a space formed between the plate-like portions. In order to carry out the above-mentioned operation, the plate-like portion is designed to have an edge extending in a direction from a front to a rear, and vice versa, of a magnetic tape cassette to be encased in the storage case, and the plate-like portion is designed to have an edge making a predetermined angle with the above-mentioned direction.

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