Cassette condition indicating device

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1987-10-07

1989-03-21

Tupper, Robert S.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

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360 60, G11B 2302

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048149233

ABSTRACT:
In a cassette which comprises a housing having spaced top and bottom walls and a side wall extending between the top and bottom walls along a substantial portion of the housing and an aperture formed in one of the walls and through which, during a recording and/or reproducing operation, access is had to a recording medium that is movably disposed within the housing, the housing having a positioning opening in the bottom wall for receiving a positioning pin therein when the cassette is disposed in an operative position in a recording and/or reproducing apparatus; the cassette having, for indicating a specific condition of the cassette, a connecting hole formed in the housing in communication and alignment with the positioning opening, and a plug element which is slidably inserted in the connecting hole, with the specific condition of the cassette being indicated by the position of the plug element.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3686470 (1972-08-01), Stahlberg et al.
patent: 4012011 (1977-03-01), Saito
patent: 4041537 (1977-08-01), Kishi
patent: 4607299 (1986-08-01), Oishi et al.
patent: 4703384 (1987-10-01), Kawada et al.
patent: 4743984 (1988-05-01), Ryan

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