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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sinichi Saitou, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242199 ; 360132 ;
Abstract
A cassette tape that can detect when the end of the tape has been reached and possesses a cassette tape case comprised of a window portion for inserting the magnetic head and a window portion for inserting the capstan, a pair of hubs arranged in the cassette case, a tape that is guided along the abovementioned window portion of the cassette case at the same time that it is wound between the two hubs and a tape end detector which can detect the movement of the tape end when the advancing of the tape between the abovementioned hubs is complete.