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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1983
Joannes H Sieben, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A magnetic-tape cassette for use with a magnetic-tape cassette apparatus of the kind comprising tape-extraction means for drawing a loop of tape from the cassette housing for cooperation with the magnetic heads of the apparatus. The cassette housing, containing two side-by-side reel hubs (16 and 17), has two apertures (7 and 8) in the front through which the tape (18) enters and leaves the housing. The apertures are bounded on one side by two tape supports (19 and 20) which support a portion of the tape that extends across the front of the housing between the aperture, and on the opposite side by the front ends of the side walls (4 and 5) of the housing. The geometry of various parts of the cassette is such that when the cassette has been placed on the apparatus and in the tape has been drawn from the cassette housing, the tape extends directly between the reel hubs and the exterior of the housing without the sides of the tape being in contact with any guide means or other parts inside the housing.