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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:
Jul. 23, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seizi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 94 ; 360 965 ;
Abstract
An adaptor having the same size as that of a standardized tape cassette accommodates a small-sized tape cassette for insertion into a recording and/or reproducing apparatus and includes an upper adaptor half formed to become openable and/or closable, a pair of tape withdrawing levers for withdrawing a magnetic tape from the small-sized tape cassette, and a pair of coupling members for coupling the upper adaptor half to the tape withdrawing levers, wherein when the upper adaptor half is rotated in its closing direction, the tape withdrawing levers are rotated to withdraw the magnetic tape so that the magnetic tape is extended within the adaptor.