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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1999
Kazumoto Yatabe, Miyagi, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a cassette accommodation case which has a structure allowing insertion and housing a cassette in a transverse direction from an insertion opening (,) formed on one side of the cassette accommodation case, and is formed with recess grooves (,) for receiving a bulged portion of the cassette on an inner surface thereof, the cassette is securely held in the cassette accommodation case so as to prevent the cassette from suddenly slipping out of the opening. In the cassette accommodation case of the present invention, the recess groove (,) is provided with a stopper member (,) having an engaging protrusion (,), and when the cassette is housed in the cassette accommodation case, the engaging protrusion (,) of the stopper member (,) is engaged with a capstan shaft insertion hole formed on the bulged portion of the cassette, and thereby, the cassette is securely held in the cassette accommodation case.