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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
May. 22, 1996
Takuji Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiyoshi Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
In a magnetic tape cassette including a cassette case, a pair of reels rotatable in the cassette case to wind a magnetic tape, each of the reels including a flange and a plurality of teeth formed at a peripheral portion of the flange., and a lock member engaging the flange for preventing the reels from rotating, the lock member further includes a slide body slidable between the reels in a front-rear direction of the cassette case, a pushing member pushing the slide body in the front-rear direction of the cassette case, a pair of expansions formed on opposite sides of the slide body facing the reels, each of the expansions expanding in a direction normal to the front-rear direction of the cassette case, and a pair of claws projecting from the respective expansions and being engagable to the teeth. The magnetic tape cassette is less susceptible to engagement fatigue of the lock member claws than conventional magnetic tape constructions, thereby ensuring more reliable reel-locking and greater longevity of the cassette.