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US 5,710,686 AGranted
Tape cassette with main body and slider lock formed by dichromatic molding
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorHiroshi Meguro
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Abstract
A tape cassette includes a cassette housing having formed therethrough a hub drive shaft insertion aperture, a slider slidably mounted on the lower surface of the casette housing so as to open and/or close the hub drive shaft insertion aperture or the like and a slider locking piece for locking the slider at a predetermined position in which the slider locking piece is molded together with the main body of the cassette housing by dichromatic molding.
Claims5
A tape cassette assembly comprising:
- a cassette housing formed of a first cast resin including a main body and having formed therethrough a hub drive shaft insertion aperture at a step-shaped bonding portion at a predetermined location therein;
- a slider being slidably mounted on a lower surface of said cassette housing to open and/or close said hub drive shaft insertion apertures;
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- a slider locking piece for locking said slider at a predetermined position, wherein said slider locking piece is formed of a second cast resin selected from one of a resin having excellent abrasion resistance and a resin having good lubricity and is attached to said main body by dichromatic molding at said step-shaped bonding portion for increasing a bonding area between said slider locking piece and said main body.
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