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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:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ernest D Boshek, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tandy Corporation, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242199 ;
Abstract
A reel-locking device for a video cassette. One or more stationary teeth are positioned to engage corresponding teeth on the perimeter of the video cassette tape reel. When the video cassette is inserted into a recorder, the recorder causes the reel to be raised above the effective height of the stationary tooth to disengage the reel from the tooth and permit rotation thereof.