Tape viewing system for micro-cassette tape recorder
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorMasaaki Sato
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Abstract
An apparatus for allowing the monitoring of a tape running through a window formed in a tape cassette is provided. The apparatus comprises a light transmitting area formed in the bottom surface of a cassette receiving chamber of a cassette tape recorder, the light transmitting area being located within viewing area of the cassette window. External light admitted through at least a portion of the casing of the tape recorder is passed through the light transmitting area to be incident on the rear side of the tape cassette, thereby enabling a monitoring of the tape running under the aid of the incident light, by visual inspection through the viewing window.
Claims8
A tape viewing system for a micro-cassette tape recorder having a cassette receiving chamber;
- said chamber having a bottom surface and a lid opposite said bottom surface;
- said lid having a transparent viewing window;
- said cassette having a tape viewing section;
- said window being aligned with said tape viewing section when said cassette is inserted in said chamber;
- a light transmitting opening in said bottom surface of said cassette receiving chamber and located within the boundaries of said tape viewing section and said tape viewing window, external light incident on at least portion of the casing of the recorder being led through the light transmitting opening to be incident on the rear side of the tape cassette, thereby facilitating a tape viewing through the tape viewing window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.