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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 85 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on or from a tape by drawing out the tape contained in a cassette and bringing the tape into contact with a head, has a chassis and a base which are integrally formed, a slider provided with a member for drawing out the tape, the chassis having a reference surface. The base is provided with a positioning portion for positioning the slider. The positioning portion has a side which is formed in substantially parallel with a virtual line perpendicular to the reference surface of the chassis, or which is inclined away from the virtual line in the direction away from the reference surface of the chassis.