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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:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takefumi Yanagihara, Saijo, JP;
Akio Konishi, Sanda, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 965 ; 360 966 ; 360 93 ;
Abstract
A cassette holder adapted to hold a tape cassette and to lift and lower said tape cassette therein provided with an opener which is urged by a spring to turn around the axis of an opener support shaft during the lifting and lowering of the cassette holder with the lower end of the cover of the tape cassette abutting against an inclined surface of the opener. Further, an opener kicking portion at the front end of a stand fixed to a chassis abuts against the opener to turn the latter during the lifting and lowering.