Tape cassette having means for locking reels thereof

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1989-02-06

1990-02-27

Hannon, Thomas R.

Winding, tensioning, or guiding

Strand tensioning device

Tortuous course

360132, G03B 1104, G11B 1532

Patent

active

049039156

ABSTRACT:
A tape reel lock and release device having gear portions formed around outer peripheries of a pair of tape reels rotatably provided within a cassette half, a tape reel locking member having a slider portion which is slidably spring-biased by a spring between the pair of tape reels within the cassette half in the direction in which it is engaged with the gear portions of the pair of tape reels and a pair of engaging members coupled to a top end of the slider portion to be engaged with the gear portions of the tape reels, the pair of engaging members being curved at their tip ends toward the gear portions and having hinge portions formed at their base end portions so as to be displaced in the direction in which the pair of engaging members approach each other and an extending operation member protrusively formed on the cassette half so as to be located between the engaging members and entering, when the tape reel locking member is slidably moved toward the reel locking direction, between the engaging members to extend the engaging members toward the gear portions of the tape reels. Thus, when the engaging members are engaged with the gear portions of the tape reels, the slackening of a magnetic tape wound around the tape reels can be absorbed and the tape reels can be prevented from being rotated inadvertently.

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