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US 3,945,582 AGranted
Cassette tape
AssigneeTokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsMotoi Yagi, Morio Akino, Hisaharu Takeuchi
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Abstract
A tape cassette comprises a case open at its top and having a tape-loaded reel rotationally mounted therein, a cover slidably opening and closing the opening of the case in a sidewise direction, and a pair of tape delivery members mounted on the forward portion of the cover to permit the part of the tape to be delivered merely upon withdrawal of the covering.
Claims7
A cassette tape comprising:
- a case;
- a reel rotatably mounted on the bottom of said case adjacent one end thereof;
- a cover member slidably mounted on said case for opening and closing the top thereof, said cover member being slidable in one direction away from said one end of said case to expose said reel positioned within said case adjacent said one end thereof and being slidable in an opposite direction for closing said top of said case;
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- tape delivery means mounted on the inside surface of said cover member on the end thereof in the closed position opposite said one end of said case wherein said reel is rotatably mounted for permitting the tape to be carried outside said case upon sliding movement of said cover member in said one direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.