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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:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360132 ; 2423252 ; 2423263 ;
Abstract
An endless-loop tape cassette includes an endless-loop magnetic tape; and a disk which has a portion of the magnetic tape wound in a stack thereon, and which is rotatable along with one of a supply reel shaft and a take-up reel shaft. In addition, a rotating member is provided, which is rotatable along with the other one of the supply reel shaft and the take-up reel shaft. A transmission mechanism transmits a rotary movement between the disk and the rotating member; and a backstop is engageable with at least one of the disk, the rotating member and the transmission mechanism.