Tape cassette with improved spring for locking plate
AssigneeTDK Corporation
InventorsMasatoshi Okamura, Hiroshi Kaneda
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Abstract
A tape cassette is provided which includes a cassette body composed of an upper case and a lower case between which a tape wound on a pair of hubs is housed, and a front cover or lid pivotally mounted on a front end of the cassette body, a locking plate for locking said front cover and a resilient member for biasing said locking plate toward a position to lock the front cover, characterized in that the resilient member is in the form of a ring-form spring. The ring-form spring is simple in construction and easy to produce and assemble.
Claims9
A tape cassette including a cassette body composed of an upper case and a lower case between which a tape wound on a pair of hubs is housed, a front cover pivotally mounted on a front end of the cassette body, a locking plate for locking said front cover and a resilient member for biasing said locking plate toward a position to lock the front cover, characterized in that the resilient member is in the form of a ring-form spring.
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