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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1991
Yuji Iwahashi, Miyagi, JP;
Masanori Abe, Miyagi, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tape cassette having an opening at the front of the cassette housing across which a run of the tape is guided is provided with a lid assembly which includes a front closure having a relatively deep outer portion joined at the top to a relatively shallow inner portion which embrace the tape run in a closed position of the lid assembly, a rear closure pivoted to the inner portion of the front closure for completing the enclosure of the tape run when embraced by the front closure, and a forwardly directed flange at the top of the cassette housing extending to the front closure in the closed position of the latter for closing the top of the front opening of the cassette housing without obstructing the mouse area thereof.