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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360132 ; 360 94 ; 360 85 ;
Abstract
A tape cassette comprises a cassette case, a tape accommodated within the cassette case where the tape has a front tape path part along the front surface of the cassette case when the tape cassette is not used, a lid rotatably provided at the front surface of the cassette case free to open and close where the lid covers the tape at the front tape path part when the lid is closed, and a mechanism for maintaining the lid in an open state and a closed state, respectively.