Interchangeable compact tape cassette
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroo Edakubo, Tatsuzo Ushiro, Osamu Nagatsuka, Junji Kobayashi
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Abstract
A tape cassette is arranged to have its size reduced by arranging its tape reels to have a small flange diameter and by arranging a partition wall located opposite to a cassette aperture part across the tape reels to be close to the tape reels. A casing of the tape cassette is composed of two bodies including a first body which is disposed on the side of the aperture part, and a second body which is disposed on the side of the partition wall and is arranged to be movable.
Claims4
A tape cassette containing a tape-shaped recording medium in a state of being wound around a pair of reels, comprising:
- a) a first casing having an aperture part through which the tape-shaped recording medium can be externally pulled out from the cassette;
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- b) a second casing arranged to engage said first casing and to be slidable in the direction of externally pulling out the tape-shaped recording medium, the tape-shaped recording medium being contained in both said first and second casings wherein said tape cassette is usable in either of the position where said second casing is pulled out relatively to said first casing and the position where said second casing is not pulled out relatively to said first casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.