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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1984
Cornelis M Beyersbergen van Henegouwen, Eindhoven, NL;
Karel G Koken, Eindhoven, NL;
John C Olierook, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The cover of a cassette such as a magnetic tape cassette is pivoted in either of two opposite directions to open positions about a single axis. To latch the cover, adjacent each side wall of the cassette there is a cover flange having a circular slot concentric with the pivot axis, the slots in the two flanges extending in opposite directions and overlapping at ends which, in the closed cover position, are aligned with latching projections on the cassette housing. By moving one latching projection out of its slot, the cover is free to pivot in the direction in which the other projection engages the slot at its end. In a flip-over reversible cassette, one unlatching member on the apparatus will engage the correct latching projection, depress and release it, so as to permit the cover to open only the correct direction. When the cover is fully opened, the projection may be permitted to be reinserted, into a recess provided for that purpose.