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5237479 Tape cassette with slidable cover  
A magnetic tape cassette with two reels in a housing (202) having two plane-parallel main walls (203, 240) interconnected by transverse walls, of which one transverse wall constitutes a cassette...
5234178 Cassette for a tape recording medium, in particular a magnetic tape  
In a cassette for tape recording media, having a housing and one or more pegs which are molded as an integral part on the inner surface of the housing and help to determine the running of the tape...
5235486 Tape cassette for adsorbing and trapping corrosive gases  
A tape cassette has a magnetic tape wound and housed in a casing, the magnetic tape having a magnetic recording layer in the form of a ferromagnetic thin metal film. The tape cassette has a trap...
5229905 Magnetic tape cassette having an improved window design  
A magnetic cassette having an improved window design resulting from a molding operation. In the method, step portions for supporting at least part of a peripheral edge of a window portion in a...
5228637 Cassette reel lock control apparatus  
A tape cassette allows a complete play through of the tape only once. The cassette comprises a follower arm indicative of the amount of tape on the take-up reel. When a pre-determined amount of...
5228636 Tape cassette  
A tape cassette, which is one of a plurality stored in a cassette magazine and which is adapted when in use to be taken out of the cassette magazine by a cassette changer, has a rack gear portion...
5225954 Tape cassette that can be played with the lid closed  
A tape cassette comprises a housing and a pair of reels mounted for rotation in the housing. A recording tape is wound on the reels and extends therebetween for transport from one of the reels to...
5224004 Tape cassette having reels displaceable towards the rear corners  
A tape cassette comprises a housing and a pair of reels mounted for rotation and translation in the housing so that the reels can assume either of first and second relative positions. A recording...
5216565 Tape cassette having pivotally mounted tape reels and associated reel retainers  
A tape cassette including a cassette case; a pair of rotatable tape reels accommodated in the cassette case for winding a magnetic tape therearound; a mouth section formed between and front of the...
5216564 Reel locking device of video tape cassette  
The present invention relates to improving a reel locking device which locks or releases a supply reel 2 and a take-up reel 2' while entering and leaving the teeth 4,4' formed in the circumference...
5214554 Cassette for a record carrier  
A cassette (1) for a record carrier (10) is provided with a sliding cover (2) for covering at least one opening (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21) in the cassette housing (3), which cover has at...
5207395 Tether band and interconnector for videotape cartridge adaptor  
An adaptor for converting a video cartridge to a videocassette format. The adaptor includes a tether band which is used to draw tape from the cartridge and guide the tape across the tape path to a...
5206781 Magnetic tape cassette having a protective plug to avoid erroneous erasure  
A magnetic tape cassette includes a sliding member, a stopper for preventing the sliding member from being disengaged and a positioning click stopper for engaging the sliding member at a switching...
5202809 Magnetic tape cartridge for helical scan transports with a single reel  
This system makes use of a tape cassette helical scan tape transport and a modified 3480-type magnetic tape cartridge as the data storage media. The merging of these two incompatible elements is...
5198952 Ultra-compact cassette system having a reel brake mechanism  
An ultra-compact tape cassette system includes an ultra-compact cassette and an adaptor, simulating a standard compact cassette, which allows the cassette to be played in a recorder designed for a...
5198951 Tape cassette with magnetic tape outlets openable and closable by lids  
A tape cassette for use in a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, such as a video tape recorder (VTR), includes a cassette casing having a front wall provided with tape outlets in its...
5191496 Tape cassette having a lid opened by a force in the same direction as a tape loading force  
A tape cassette comprises a housing, a pair of reels, and a mount mounting the reels for rotation in the housing. A recording tape is wound on the reels and extends therebetween for transport from...
5189583 Magnetic tape cassette having ribs in reel areas  
A magnetic tape cassette comprises a casing formed with upper and lower half casings and reel hubs rotatably supported in the casing to wind and rewind a magnetic tape, wherein at least one of the...
5188309 Tether keeper for videotape cartridge adaptor  
An adaptor of the type used to convert a tape cartridge to a cassette format. The adaptor uses a tether to guide tape from the supply reel to the take-up reel. The adaptor has a tether keeper...
5189582 Recording latch  
The recording latch is pivotably mountable in a recording cassette between a record position and a no-record position. A plug at the bottom of the latch selectively blocks the record opening in the...
5187629 Cassette with magnetic tape on two coplanar reels  
A cassette comprises a housing which accommodates a magnetic tape partly wound on two reel hubs. A main wall of the housing has two openings which are coaxial with the reel hubs to allow the...
5184255 Video tape cassette with a reusable recording enable/disable slide tab  
A write enable tab is repeatedly movable from a first position, enabling writing on a signal storage unit, to a second position, disabling writing thereon. The write enable tab preferably includes...
5181153 Magnetic tape cassette with novel tape reel movement limiting means  
A tape cassette which includes a cassette shell housing in which reels wound with a magnetic tape are incorporated, a depressing member for depressing an upper surface of each reel, and a reel...
5177655 Tape cassette with general purpose polystyrene body colored by controlled amounts of rubber component and pigment  
A tape cassette is provided, in which a cassette shell body made of opaque resin and a window portion made of transparent resin are molded to be unitary by a dichromatic molding process. This tape...
5177646 Apparatus for preventing accidental recording of a tape recorder  
An apparatus for preventing accidental recording of a tape recorder is disclosed. The apparatus detects the presence or absence of the protecting piece of a tape cassette and outputs control...
5175661 Magnetic tape cassette having positioning holes with wear-resistant coatings  
A magnetic tape cassette in which critical parts subject to wear are coated with a hard coating such as an ultraviolet-cured resin. Among other effects, the generation of rubbed-off powder is...
5173830 Tape cassette with tapered self-aligning reel hubs  
A magnetic tape cassette includes a cassette casing composed of upper and lower cassette shells joined to each other, a pair of reel hubs rotatably disposed in the cassette casing and supported by...
5173829 Projection on retaining element of tape cassette  
A tape cassette of the present invention comprises an upper half and a lower half constituting a cassette body which rotatably contains a hub with a tape wound thereon, a slider disposed in such a...
5170962 Tape cassette with lid assembly which, in a closed position, protects front and rear surfaces of a tape run extending across a recess at the front of the cassette  
A tape cassette having an opening at the front of the cassette housing across which a run of the tape is guided is provided with a lid assembly which includes a front closure having a relatively...
5172288 Magnetic recording medium and a tape guide in a cartridge  
A magnetic tape cartridge which is capable of permitting tape guides and a magnetic tape to exhibit resistance to wear and resistance to scraping sufficient to prevent the wearing of the tape...
5170305 Concealed type of magnetic tape cleaner with friction reducing means  
A magnetic tape cleaner comprising a back-glued pad of cleaning cotton, and a resilient fastener means to secure said back-glued pad of cleaning cotton to the casing of a video tape inside the...
5168411 Tape cassette and recording and/or reproducing apparatus therefor having cooperative elements for opening cassette lid  
A tape cassette comprises a housing with a mouth formed in its front edge portion through which a magnetic tape wound around a pair of tape reels accommodated in the housing can be withdrawn. An...
5165083 Carrier locator apparatus for use with two piece videocassette  
A removable tape cartridge (14) for insertion into a carrier (12) in order to form a two-piece videocassette (10) comprises a housing (30) with a tape reel assembly (32) therein. The tape reel...
5161079 Tape cassette with slidable shutter  
A tape cassette is provided which is suitable for digital recording and playback which require high reliability, is interchangeable in terms of dimensions and shape with conventional compact...
5153799 Magnetic tape cassette having bridged guide ribs  
A magnetic tape cassette has in the front portion of the housing two pairs of fixed tape guide ribs protruding the same length frontwardly of the housing to define a guide path for the magnetic...
5153800 Tape cassette having front surfaces to guide a tape accommodated therein  
A tape cassette arranged such that coarse surface areas are formed on guide surfaces used to guide a magnetic tape along the external surface of the front side wall portion formed inside of a...
5146376 Tape cassette  
A tape cassette has a case accommodating magnetic tape wound around a pair of reel hubs. The case defines tape feed path openings extending through both ends of the case near its front portion from...
5143317 Tape cassette with dual hub lock torsion springs  
A magnetic tape cassette having a cassette casing formed of upper and lower parts, reel hubs accommodated within the cassette casing and around which a magnetic tape is wound, a locking member for...
5140488 Magnetic tape cassette  
A magnetic tape cassette having an upper part and a lower part combined during assembly to form a unitary housing, a front lid that can be moved between an open position and a closed position, a...
5140490 Shutter for a cartridge case  
A shutter for a cartridge is adapted to be mounted on a cartridge case of the cartridge so as to open and close a head insertion hole in the cartridge case housing a recording medium therein the...
5140487 Magnetic tape cassette having dynamic tape guide  
The magnetic tape cassette of the present invention has the opening portion into which the head drum having the rotary head is inserted. The pair of tape guide members which guide the tape-like...
5138510 Flap of video tape cassette and its installing structure  
The present invention relates to a flap which applies elastic pressure to the tape which runs in a Video Tape Cassette and its installing structure. The flap is formed by coating its both sides...
5136448 Tape cleaning apparatus having a cleaning blade contacted with the tape only when the associated tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus drives the tape at a normal speed  
A tape cleaning apparatus for a tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus prevents possible dropping of recording or a possible dropout during recording and/or reproducing operation of a tape...
5132862 Erasure preventing button with a planar surface to control inadvertent sliding for tape cassettes  
An erasure preventing button for preventing recording on a magnetic tape cassette slides within a cavity in a side wall of the cassette between a released position and a depressed position. The...
5130879 Video cassette which indicates number of times played  
A computerized video record rental system and method in which a video record unit such as a tape cassette is provided with an integral counting device for counting the number of times the record is...
5121276 Insertable tape cartridge for videocassette having a reel restraining member  
A removable tape cartridge (14) for insertion into a carrier (12) in order to form a two-piece videocassette (10) comprises a housing (20) with a tape reel assembly (30) therein. The tape reel...
5121275 Optical sensor arrangement for tape cassette  
A cassette tape having on both ends thereof a leader and player tape which transmits a greater amount of light than the tape body is wound and contained in a cassette body so that it can travel...
5121279 Magnetic disk cartridge write/protect assembly having impact avoiding portions  
A magnetic disk cartridge includes a write/protect tab adapted to prevent erasure of information recorded in a magnetic disk inserted in a case, and a peripheral wall defined in inner surfaces of...
5115365 Magnetic tape cassette having elastic pad element  
A magnetic tape cassette capable of effectively eliminating a variation in pressure of the elastic pad element during traveling of a magnetic tape and preventing a variation in tension of the tape,...
5114092 Low cost video cassette  
A low cost video cassette has a base formed of a generally flat wall portion, with sloped converging front walls spaced inward from a front edge and with flat tape guiding walls extending upward...