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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1994
Masahiro Makino, Miyagi, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reel lock device for use in a video tape cartridge having upper and lower shells and reels rotatably disposed between the shells, includes reel lock levers rotatable on the lower shell to be engaged with the reels and disengaged therefrom. A release slider is slidably disposed on the lower shell and has two positions where the reel lock levers are engaged with the reels and disengaged therefrom, respectively. A stopper is secured on the lower shell and limiting sliding of the release slider in one direction. The release slider is formed with projections which extend therefrom to contact a rib projecting downwardly from the upper shell, the rib being narrower than the length of the projections.