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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1997
Osamu Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cassette container capable of accommodating plural kinds of cassettes of different sizes including a plate for supporting a cassette to be mounted so as to be in contact with a surface thereof. In this cassette container, a pair of cassette guides are provided for guiding a cassette of a predetermined size which is less than a predetermined maximum size to a mounting position. These pair of cassette guides can be lowered by insertion of a cassette larger than the cassette of the predetermined size to a lower side of the plate. A pair of leaf springs urge the pair of cassette guides toward an upper side of the plate respectively. In addition, the pair of cassette guides are inclined toward a cassette insertion side when the cassette guides move to the upper side of the plate upon urging of the pair of leaf springs. The pair of cassettes are positioned approximately parallel with the plate when the cassette guides are lowered to the lower side of the plate by insertion of the larger cassette.