Reel pressure button for tape reels

A reel pressure button assembly for applying pressure to a tape reel in a tape cassette housing having a cassette housing portion, the reel pressure button assembly comprising:

• a reel pressure button formed as an integral, one-piece member and including an uppermost horizontal portion which contacts the tape reel, a body portion extending downwardly from the uppermost horizontal portion and terminating in a flange, and a plurality of first openings formed in the body portion;
• a plurality of legs formed on the cassette housing portion and corresponding in number to the number of reel pressure button first openings, wherein each leg is received in a respective first opening and wherein the reel pressure button rides on the legs as it axially shifts in response to the external pressure;
• a tab extending from each leg, wherein the tabs engage a portion of the reel pressure button to prevent the reel pressure button from being forced away from the cassette housing and wherein the tape reel assists in securing the reel pressure button to the cassette housing portion and wherein the reel pressure button assembly is prevented from being removed from the tape cassette housing without disassembling the tape cassette housing;
• a plurality of posts formed on the cassette housing portions;
• a plurality of second openings formed in the reel pressure button corresponding in number to the posts, wherein the posts are received in respective second openings and the interaction of the posts in the second openings stabilizes the reel pressure button with respect to the cassette housing to stabilize the reel pressure button;
• an opening adjacent the tabs and disposed in the cassette housing portion for receiving the reel pressure button;
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• a compression spring, disposed between the cassette housing portion and the reel pressure button flange.