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Magnetic-tape cassette

CA 1235484 A · Owner: N.V.Philips'Gloeilampenfabrieken · Inventors: Koken, Karel G.M.; Van De Kerkhof, Hubertus F.W.; Beyersbergen Van Henegouwen, Cornelis M.

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16-, ABSTRACT:, A magnetic-tape cassette has a housing comprising a front wall with front openings behind which a part of a magnetic tape extends. The front wall can be convered by the major portion of a pivotal cassette cover which is, connected to side wallls of the cassette by cover flanges. Each of the side walls has a semicircular slot which is concentric with the pivotal axis of the cover which slot, engages a journal on the adjacent cover flange and is situated at that side of the pivotal axis which is remote from the front wall symmetrically relative to a plane of symmetry halfway between the major walls of the cassette. In each cover flange a straight slot is formed whose axis is …

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  • Granted April 19, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 19, 2005.
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FiledJanuary 24, 1985
GrantedApril 19, 1988
Term endedApril 19, 2005
Patent numberCA 1235484 A
Classification (IPC)G11B23/08

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJan 24, 1985Patent grantedApril 19, 1988Term endedApril 19, 2005

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