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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:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
May. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seiji Ono, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyuki Kaku, Naka-gun, JP;
Noriaki Masuda, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshimi Maehara, Ootsu, JP;
Mikihisa Inoue, Otokuni-gun, JP;
Assignees:
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 94 ; 360 965 ; 360132 ; 242336 ; 242338 ; 2423384 ; 242347 ;
Abstract
A cassette transport configuration provides a cassette insertion slot for introducing a cassette cartridge, guide rails for guiding and positioning each cassette cartridge and a plurality of cassette detecting elements for detecting the correct positioning of each cassette. The detecting elements are spaced apart on an upper inner portion of the insertion slot.