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5109313 Drying cassette for recorder/player units  
A drying cassette for circulating drying air over internal components of a player/recorder unit is contained within a cassette housing similar to a conventional tape cassette, and is self powered...
5109314 Selectively reversible video cassette  
A selectively reversible video cassette tape includes a housing with a supply reel and a take up reel rotatably mounted therein. A video tape is connected at one to the take up reel and at the...
5105319 Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus in which tape cassettes of different sizes can be mounted  
A feed reel and a take-up reel of a full-size cassette are mounted directly on a feed reel table and a take-up reel table which constitute a tape running system. A feed reel of a C-cassette...
RE33872 Magnetic-tape cassette with a latching cover plate  
A magnetic-tape cassette has a front opening (7) which when the cassette is not in use is covered by a pivotal front cover (20) and a sliding plate (9) which is situated on the outside of the...
5101308 Tape reel for magnetic tape cassette  
A tape reel for a magnetic tape cassette can accurately hold upper and lower reel flanges parallel to each other. The tape reel for a magnetic tape cassette comprises a reel hub assembly including...
5097978 Sealing apparatus for a disc drive  
An improved sealing apparatus for sealing a disc drive assembly from external contaminants, the sealing apparatus including modifications to a base member and to a top cover member such that these...
5099378 Carrier with external interlock for videocassette  
An interlock system for use with a two piece video cartridge/carrier video cassette for preventing insertion of the video cassette into a video tape machine, unless the tape interconnection is...
5097375 Container with recording medium and having a fragrance emitting material  
A container, in particular a tape cassette, having a container housing and a recording medium present therein is provided in and/or on the housing and/or on the recording medium itself with a...
5097377 Device to replace recording enabling tabs in VHS format video tape cassettes  
This device pertains to video recorders and in particular to a device for replacing a previously removed record enabling safety tab so that subsequent re-recording on a video tape cassette may be...
5097374 Tape cassette having tapered guide pins press-fitted into cassette wall and grease lubricant for rollers  
A tape cassette comprises a supply and a take-up reel on which tape is wound, a cassette casing for rotatably enclosing the reels therein, a plurality of tape guide pins, each being press-fitted...
5097376 Container with recording medium having fragrance material in or on the recording medium  
A container, in particular a tape cassette having a container housing and a recording medium present therein is provided in and/or on the housing and/or on the recording medium itself with a...
5094434 Support spring for a tape cassette  
The present invention provides a support spring which may be used in connection with cassettes, and particularly video cassettes. The support spring has a central portion which is adapted to be...
5091901 Disc Cartridge with dual identification elements  
A disc cartridge having a cartridge body accommodating therein a record medium so that the record medium can be recorded and/or reproduced in the accommodated state, a first identifying device...
5091813 Tape cartridge with T-shaped braking lever  
Tape cartridge having a T-shaped brake lever or separable brake levers from the slider and forms needle-shaped ends at the ends of a T-shaped brake lever or separable brake levers and prevents the...
5089924 Tape cassette with wear pad comprising polyolefin sheet and polyamide adhesive layer  
The present invention concerns a magnetic tape cassette housing comprising a polymeric cassette box having an interior surface. The interior surface of the cassette box has been irradiated with an...
5087998 Magnetic tape cassette having improved erasure preventing device  
A magnetic tape cassette of the β cam or β cam SP type having an improved mistake erasing preventing construction and improved dustproofing property. For the β cam SP type cassette, a movable...
5086363 Magnetic tape cassette casing  
A magnetic tape cassette casing is formed of upper and lower cassette halves each of which has a rear wall portion extending in the direction of thickness of the casing. The cassette halves are...
5084799 Lid locking device for tape cassette  
The present invention relates to a lid locking device for a video cassette having upper and lower cases and a lid mounted on the cases for movement between an open position and a closed position....
5082197 Tape cassette  
A tape cassette is provided which is so constructed that a plurality of weighting members are fittedly held in fitting apertures or recesses of a casing formed at corners of the casing in a...
5082196 Video cartridge adapter interlock system  
A cartridge containing a single supply reel of magnetic tape is inserted into an adapter which converts the cartridge format to the VHS standard format. The adapter includes an interlock system...
5081556 Protective casing for a magnetic disk  
A disk cartridge has a casing of resinous material which receives therein a floppy disk in a rotatable manner, the casing being formed by combining upper and lower half casings with the use of...
5081555 Internal tape cleaning mechanism for a tape cassette  
A magnetic tape cassette having a pair of spaced-apart reels rotatably mounted on a support wall. A length of tape has its opposite ends secured respectively to the two reels and its intermediate...
5080252 Sealing apparatus for sealing magnetic device  
A sealing apparatus for sealing a magnetic disk drive. The sealing apparatus includes a base member on which heat generating parts are mounted, a sealing member provided on and adhering to a...
5079815 Method of making a cassette reel spring having rolled edges  
A reel spring for a magnetic tape cassette is formed from a thin, elongated strip of stainless steel. The side edges of the strip are folded over by stamping or rolling to form longitudinal...
5077724 Optical tape cartridge  
The invention is a sealed optical tape cassette. Sealed means is employed to pull optical tape across a mobile recording bridge situated behind a transparent window. Bridge is operated upon by a...
5075811 Tape cartridge modified to regulate insertion depth of the cartridge case in a recording device  
In a recording tape cartridge having a front lid member movable between a closed position for protecting a recording tape and an opened position and a dust cover movable with the front lid member...
5074486 Magnetic-tape cassette  
A magnetic-tape-cassette (1) comprises tape guides (34, 35), which are arranged on a resilient element (40) and is constructed for cooperation with an apparatus (2) comprising a magnetic-head unit...
5075810 Tape cassette with sealed light aperture  
A tape cassette suitable for use in an 8-mm video tape recorder for recording and/or reproducing video and audio signals, which comprises a light projecting section inserting aperture formed on the...
5075812 Digital audio tape cassette  
A digital audio tape cassette includes post and wedge portions for locking a slider more safely; location guiders for guiding two refraction prisms at designated positions in an upper shell; two...
5072325 Videotape cartridge for use with an adaptor  
A videotape cartridge and adaptor having an internal ratchet brake mechanism to engage the cartridge tape supply reel for preventing tape spillage and having an external shape which cooperates with...
5065955 Tape cassette having outer and inner lids locked by the inner lid  
A tape cassette of the type having front and back lids for covering front and rear sides of a portion of the cassette tape which passes outside of the cassette casing is further provided with a...
5056735 Video cassette integral actuator/reel lock/spring  
An integral actuator/reel lock/spring for a video cassette is described, including: (a) a lock body having a first end and a second end, an inclined opening at the first end to receive a tape...
5055960 Cassette transport diagnostic tool  
A device for use in diagnosing a cassette transport includes a shell having a size and shape enabling it to be inserted into a cassette transport in place of a tape cassette configured for use with...
5055947 Cassette for storing data in a solid state memory in lieu of tape  
A cassette type recording unit comprises a cassette casing, an IC memory, a magnetism-electricity transducer capable of magnetically coupling to a recording/reproducing head of the magnetic tape...
5053906 Service cassette for VHS video cassette recorder  
A service jig for enabling technicians to more efficiently and easily inspect and repair VHS conventional video cassette recorders in need of service. The jig or service cassette, as it is...
5050029 Lid lock member tape cassette with light leading  
A tape cassette having a lid pivotally supported at two side walls of the cassette housing so as to open or close a tape withdrawing mouth has a lid lock member for locking said lid at a closed...
5046683 Cassette reel spring tip configuration  
A reel spring for use in a magnetic tape cassette has an elongated central base portion and adjoining end portions extending out of the plane of the base. The spring has first and second parallel...
5048008 Disk cartridge  
A disk cartridge having a disk cartridge-body in which a disk-shaped record medium is rotatably accommodated and an information signal can be recorded on the disk-shaped record medium, the disk...
5042740 Pressure spring for tape cassettes and tape cassettes having said spring  
A pressure spring for tape cassettes which consists of a spring steel strip which is, in particular, narrow and is of roughly uniform width comprises a flat central part and curved spring arms...
5041939 Magnetic tape cassette with leaf-shaped spring door closure mechanism  
The present invention relates to a magnetic tape cassette comprising upper and lower halves of cassette forming the cassette body wherein supply and take-up reels for a tape are to be loaded, a...
5040210 Lockable tape cassette control system  
A tape cassette which locks up to prevent more than one play through of the information carrying portion of the cassette has a label with an encrypted unlocking combination for the cassette along...
5034842 Carrier with thumb wind advance for videocassette  
A carrier for use with a magnetic tape cartridge is disclosed. The carrier includes a manual advance mechanism to advance the tape media onto the take-up reel located within the tape carrier.
5034841 Device for counting the usage of a tape cassette and method for its manufacture  
A tape cassette assembly consisting of support mountings being specially disposed and based on a casing, the support mountings adapted for rotating a take up reel and a supply reel, a two state...
5034843 Resilient protrusion for positioning in a spool of a magnetic tape cassette  
A video cassette consists of an upper cassette part (8) and a lower cassette part (6), at least one reel which is located therein and onto which magnetic tape can be wound, in which a pressing...
5034839 Structures for fixedly supporting tape guides in a magnetic tape cassette  
A tape cassette comprises a cassette casing composed of upper and lower halves, wherein fixed tape guides each having a partially or completely cylindrical configuration are disposed along a tape...
5031065 Carrier with tape connector interlock for 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...
5029318 Magnetic tape cassette with lock plates  
A lock plate which comprises a plate body having protrusions, a shaft combined with and extending parallel to the plane of the plate body, and a torsion spring having a coiled portion engaged with...
5029033 Tape recorder with a reduced thickness  
Disclosed is a thin tape recorder of which the chassis is mounted aslant in a case body of a tape recorder case, that is, the chassis declines with an approximate gradient of (L 1 -L 2 )/2L so...
5029035 Tape guide for guiding magnetic tape in a videotape cassette  
A tape guide for use in a magnetic tape cassette for guiding the magnetic tape includes a cylindrical member having a slit extending along its length. The slit defines first and second edge forces...
5029034 Video cassette with optical output of information  
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...