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Micro floppy disc cassette

CA 1185009 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Nemoto, Tsuneo; Sawa, Tetsuo

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

An improved disc cassette having a shutter-closeable aperture, wherein the shutter is moved against the force of a confined coil compression spring into an aperture-open condition and is there latched by a transversely deflectable latch pawl normally biased into latching position and operable by manual pinching of the cassette to release the pawl to permit the spring to return the shutter to the aperture-closed position.

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  • Granted April 2, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 2, 2002.
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FiledJune 28, 1983
GrantedApril 2, 1985
Term endedApril 2, 2002
Patent numberCA 1185009 A
Classification (IPC)G11B23/04 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJune 28, 1983Patent grantedApril 2, 1985Term endedApril 2, 2002

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