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Tape cassette

CA 1045607 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Kishi, Yoshio

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A tape cassette is provided with a housing of generally rectangular configuration, and supply and take-up reels which is rotatably mounted in the housing and have a supply of tapes wound on hubs of the reels. The tape cassette is further provided with a pair of brake levers rotatably mounted about respective pivoting axes in the housing and being urged to the hubs by respective spring means and said, brake levers being disposed so that the latter apply brake forces onto the supply and take-up reels in the tape-winding direction upon the engagement of the brake levers of the hubs.

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  • Granted January 2, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 2, 1996.
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Filed—
GrantedJanuary 2, 1979
Term endedJanuary 2, 1996
Patent numberCA 1045607 A
Classification (IPC)G11B15/22 +1 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedJan 2, 1979Term endedJan 2, 1996

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