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Holder for tape reels

  • US 3,232,421 A
  • Filed: 01/30/1963
  • Issued: 02/01/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A BOOK-LIKE HOLDER FOR TAPE REELS AND THE LIKE, SAID HOLDER COMPRISING:

  • (A) A PAIR OF GENERALLY FLAT LAYERS DISPOSED IN GENERAL FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP WHEREBY THE EDGE PORTIONS THEREOF ARE IN GENERAL TRANSVERSE ALIGNMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER, (B) HINGE MEANS CONNECTING SAID LEAVES GENERALLY ADJACENT AN ALIGNED PAIR OF EDGE PORTIONS THEREOF FOR OPENING AND CLOSING PIVOTAL MOVEMENTS OF SAID LEAVES THEREABOUT, SAID HINGE MEANS INCLUDING A RELATIVELY STIFF DIVIDER PORTION INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID LEAVES IN SPACED GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO SAID ALIGNED PAIR OF LEAF EDGE PORTIONS AND WHICH ACTS AS A FULCRUM FOR THE PIVOTAL MOVEMENTS OF SAID LEAVES, (C) SAID LEAVES ON THE INNER FACES THEREOF DEFINING OPPOSED RECESSES WHICH ARE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A TAPE RELL, AND (D) RESILIENT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID HOLDER GENERALLY ADJACENT SAID HINGE MEANS AND YIELDINGLY BIASING SAID LEAVES OUT OF THEIR OPEN POSITION AND TOWARD A CLOSED POSITION THEREOF.

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