Tape cassette

Details Tape cassette Tape cassette

1980-06-18

1982-08-03

Taylor, Billy S.

Winding, tensioning, or guiding

Strand tensioning device

Tortuous course

360 95, G11B 2310

Patent

active

043424368

ABSTRACT:
A tape cassette comprises magnetic tape; supply and take-up reels on which the magnetic tape is wound; a cassette housing for enclosing the supply and take up reels and including a provision for permitting the tape to be withdrawn from the cassette housing when in use; and a flexible film strip affixed to the cassette housing to prevent movement of the magnetic tape when not in use. The flexible film strip is formed of a resilient strip, for example, of polyester, in which one end thereof biases against the tape and a portion remote from the one end has an opening therethrough. The cassette housing has a projection therein for engaging the opening to mechanically affix the resilient flexible strip to the cassette housing. Another end of the resilient strip engages a run of tape at the front of the cassette housing to hold the tape at a predetermined position. Preferably, there is a layer of low friction material at each end of the flexible film strip.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3797779 (1974-03-01), Esashi et al.
patent: 3801042 (1974-04-01), Dobson
patent: 3802648 (1974-04-01), Kihara et al.
patent: 3888429 (1975-06-01), Mack
patent: 4074876 (1978-02-01), Gourley

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