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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1996
Toshikazu Konno, Miyagi, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tape cassette having upper and lower half members includes a tape guide formed of substantially cylindrical fixed and rotating members, the fixed member being fixed in the cassette by engagedly inserting bosses projecting from inner flat surfaces of the upper and lower half members into a hole in the fixed member, the rotating member being freely rotatable around the fixed member, and steps formed peripherally around the bosses adjacent the inner flat surfaces of the upper and lower half members between first portions confronting end surfaces of the fixed member and second portions confronting end surfaces of the rotating member so that the first portions are projected inwardly of the frame body relative to the second portions.