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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1991
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cassette tape recorder cabinet has an upper cabinet part and a lower cabinet part between which a mechanism base plate is provided to hold a tape cassette inserted into the recorder to drive a tape encased in the tape cassette. The upper and lower cabinet parts have respective front surfaces facing a tape-exposing side of the tape cassette and rear surfaces positioned opposite the front surfaces. The height of the front surface of the upper cabinet part is greater than that of the rear surface thereof, and the height of the front surface of the lower cabinet part is smaller than that of the rear surface thereof. The top surface of the upper cabinet is formed so as to be curved to accommodate the upper side of the tape cassette, and the lower cabinet part is similarly curved in correspondence with the top surface of the upper cabinet part, so that a wedge-like space is formed between the mechanism base plate and the lower cabinet to accommodate relatively large electrical parts at the rear side of the cassette tape recorder.