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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
May. 23, 1991
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic recording and reproducing device includes a main body having a surface forming a gripping surface and also having a cassette insertion port through which a tape cassette can be loaded or unloaded, a cassette holder pivotally supported inside the main body of the device for holding the tape cassette and storing it at a tape cassette loaded position within the main body, a lid member for opening or closing the cassette insertion port as the cassette holder pivots and for forming part of the grip part when the cassette insertion port is closed, and a resilient member coupled to the cassette holder and the lid member for biasing the lid member toward the cassette holder when the cassette holder is stored at the tape cassette loaded position so that the circumferencial edge of the lid member abuts the circumferential edge of the cassette insertion port.