Video cassette integral dust door latch/spring

Details Video cassette integral dust door latch/spring Video cassette integral dust door latch/spring

1989-08-04

1991-06-25

Stodola, Daniel P.

Winding, tensioning, or guiding

Strand tensioning device

Tortuous course

G11B 2304

Patent

active

050260006

ABSTRACT:
An integrally molded dust door latch/spring for a video cassette and related method of assembly are described. The latch/spring includes: a planar latch body having a flexing member formed between a first upper end and a second lower end. The first end includes two lateral supports and a projecting, substantially planar perpendicular member. The second end includes first and second projections which enter openings formed in the cassette base. The latch/spring is assembled in the cassette such that the first end is fixed between the cassette base and cover, but the second end can flex or deflect via the flexing member relative to the first end. The method includes the steps of: (1) locating the two projections in the openings formed in the cassette base; (2) locating the supports in receptacles formed in the base; and (3) placing the cassette cover on the base so that the first end of the latch body is fixed relative to the cassette and the first end can flex relative to the first end via the flexing member.

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