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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shinichi Goto, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360132 ; 36013033 ; 36013021 ;
Abstract
In a recording tape cartridge having a front lid member movable between a closed position for protecting a recording tape and an opened position and a dust cover movable with the front lid member for defining a tape accommodating space therebetween, the lower end portion of the dust cover has a closing portion extending below the lower end of the front lid member when the front lid member is in the closed position so that dust or foreign matter is prevented from entering the tape accommodating space through the gap between the front lid member and the dust cover.