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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1995
Hikaru Mizutani, Toyonaka, JP;
Yoshimi Maehara, Ootsu, JP;
Tatsumi Nishijima, Yokohama, JP;
Hidekazu Takeda, Fujisawa, JP;
Kenji Ogiro, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyuki Kaku, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tape cartridge provided with a slider member slidably mounted for sliding movement in forward and backward directions at an outer side under surface on the bottom wall of a main casing for closing and opening a pocket, a front lid pivotally connected to the main casing for covering a front face of the main casing, an upper lid for closing the open upper face of the pocket, a front edge of the upper lid being pivotally connected to an upper edge of the front lid through pins, such that when the front lid is pivoted for upward opening, the upper lid is displaced for retraction to a rear side from an open upper face of the pocket in association with the movement of the front lid.