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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:
Jan. 19, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akihiro Nishimura, Higashi-Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360132 ; 360137 ; 242199 ;
Abstract
A tape cassette which includes a cassette shell housing in which reels wound with a magnetic tape are incorporated, a depressing member for depressing an upper surface of each reel, and a reel displacing amount reducing member having its one end engaged with the depressing member, and its other end, exposed on an upper surface of the cassette shell housing through a through-hole formed in the cassette shell housing. The amount of displacement of the reels is reduced by restricting displacement of the exposed portion of the reel displacing amount reducing member.