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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1983
Filed:
May. 26, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshikazu Kato, Hino, JP;
Sinichi Saitou, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242199 ;
Abstract
A tape cassette is provided with a pair of guide rollers for limiting the position of travel in the vertical direction. Holes which serve to determine the position of the tape cassette and into which cassette guides arranged on a chassis of tape recorder can be inserted are formed, respectively, under their corresponding guide rollers. The horizontal distance between the position determining hole and the corresponding guide roller is reduced to a minimum.