EP0052479A2
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Tape cassette
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1981-11-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2001-11-11
Abstract
Abstract Provided is a tape cassette accomodating therein a tape wound around and extending between two reels and having a lid swingably attached to the front side of the tape cassette, comprising a tape guard member, for protecting the tape stretched on the front side of the tape cassette from being touched by foreign matters, pivotally mounted to a housing of the tape cassette and adapted to oppose to the lid across the tape stretched, and further comprising a stretched tape regulating member disposed to the housing so as to have a small gap from the stretched tape.
Inventors
- 👤 Hidemichi Sumisha
- 👤 Seiko Minamide
- 👤 Satoshi Kikuya
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 19:49
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B23/00; G11B23/02; G11B23/04; G11B23/08; G11B23/087; G11B23/08707; G11B23/08735; G11B23/08742; G11B23/08757
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A tape cassette comprising: a housing accomodating reels around which a tape is wound and between which said tape is extended, said housing having.on a front side of said tape cassette an opening for receiving a tape extracting members attached to an apparatus on which said tape cassette is to be loaded; a plurality of tape guide members disposed at both side poritons of the front side of said housing and adapted to stretch said tape; a lid secured to the front side of said housing so as to be movable between an opening position and a closing position, said lid being capable of covering the stretched tape from the outer side of the latter; and protecting means disposed so as to oppose to said lid across said stretched tape, thereby to protect said stretched tape from foreign matters which may come into said tape cassette through said opening.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
A tape cassette comprising: a housing accomodating reels around which a tape is wound and between which said tape is extended, said housing having.on a front side of said tape cassette an opening for receiving a tape extracting members attached to an apparatus on which said tape cassette is to be loaded; a plurality of tape guide members disposed at both side poritons of the front side of said housing and adapted to stretch said tape; a lid secured to the front side of said housing so as to be movable between an opening position and a closing position, said lid being capable of covering the stretched tape from the outer side of the latter; and protecting means disposed so as to oppose to said lid across said stretched tape, thereby to protect said stretched tape from foreign matters which may come into said tape cassette through said opening.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A tape cassette as claimed in claim 1, wherein said protecting means includes a shield member and a tape guard member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
A tape cassette as claimed in claim 2, wherein said tape guard member is pivotally secured to said housing and is adapted to cover said stretched tape from the inner side of the latter with a small gap left therebetween
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A tape cassette as claimed in either one of claims 2 and 3, wherein one end of said tape guard member is resiliently biased to come into contact with said housing or said shield member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
93 words
A tape cassette as claimed in claim 2, wherein said lid is provided in a portion thereof with an engaging tab engageable with said tape guard piece, said tape guide piece being adapted to engage said engaging tab of said lid in the state prior to the loading of said tape cassette on said apparatus, while, as said tape cassette is loaded on said apparatus, said tape guard piece is swung by engagement releas means mounted on said apparatus so as to be out of engagement with said engaging tab of said lid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
A tape cassette as claimed in claim 1, characterized by further comprising tape position regulating means disposed so as to oppose to said stretched tape with a small gap left therebetween and adapted to regulate the position of said stretched tape.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
72 words
A tape cassette as claimed in claim 6, wherein said tape position regulating means is adapted to regulate said stratched tape in its regulated position during the loading of said cassette tape onto said apparatus on which said tape cassette is loaded, and also arranged to be moved to a position where said stretched tape is released from the regulated position, after the loading operation of said tape cassette has been completed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
A tape cassette as claimed in claim 7, wherein the movement of said tape position regulating means is effected by a projecting member projecting form said apparatus on which said tape cassette is to be loaded.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
A tape cassette as claimed in claim 7, wherein the movement of said tape position regulating means is effected in relation to the opening and closing movement of said lid attached to the front side of said housing.
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