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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1985
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1984
Hiroyuki Umeda, Yokohama, JP;
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A miniature type tape cassette used with respect to a standard type recording and/or reproducing apparatus which performs recording and/or reproduction when loaded with a standard type tape cassette and with respect to a recording and/or reproducing apparatus of a type different from the standard type recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a cassette case having a size smaller than that of the standard type tape cassette, and a tape accommodated within the cassette case. The miniature type tape cassette is loaded independently into the recording and/or reproducing apparatus of a type different from the standard type recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and loaded into the standard type recording and/or reproducing apparatus together with a tape cassette adapter having an external form and size substantially equal to those of the standard type tape cassette, in a state where the miniature type tape cassette is accommodated within the tape cassette adapter and the tape is drawn out from the cassette case to form a predetermined tape path.