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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:
Nov. 10, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Atsushi Kurosawa, Saitama, JP;
Masami Fujimoto, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 965 ; 360 93 ;
Abstract
A cassette insertion device comprising a holder for receiving a tape cassette, the holder having an upper inner surface with a first projection thereon for contacting an upper surface of the tape cassette and a lower inner surface having a second projection adapted to engage a pawl of the tape cassette to unlock a slider of the tape cassette, the first and second projections being laterally separated by a distance greater than or equal to the length of a lower projection formed on a lower surface of the tape cassette.