Locking device for a video cassette recorder and/or player
First Claim
1. Locking device for video cassette recorders and players having a panel with an opening formed therein in which a video cassette is to be inserted and a movable cover closing the opening, comprising a lock insertable into the opening operable from outside the panel, and engagement means movable by said lock between a position engaging an edge of the cover and preventing the locking device from being removed from the opening and a position disengaging the edge of the cover and permitting the locking device to be removed from the opening.
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Abstract
A locking device for a video cassette recorder and/or player having a panel with an opening formed therein in which a video cassette is to be inserted and a movable cover closing the opening includes a lock restricted to operation by authorized personnel from outside the video cassette recorder for selectively permitting and preventing movement of the cover.
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- 1. Locking device for video cassette recorders and players having a panel with an opening formed therein in which a video cassette is to be inserted and a movable cover closing the opening, comprising a lock insertable into the opening operable from outside the panel, and engagement means movable by said lock between a position engaging an edge of the cover and preventing the locking device from being removed from the opening and a position disengaging the edge of the cover and permitting the locking device to be removed from the opening.
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9. Locking device for video cassette recorders and players having a panel with an opening formed therein in which a video cassette is to be inserted and a movable cover closing the opening, comprising a plate covering the opening, a lock being mounted on said plate and being operable from outside the panel, engagement means movable by said lock between a position engaging the cover and preventing the locking device from being removed from the opening and a position disengaging the cover and permitting the locking device to be removed from the opening, and means in the form of at least one block integral with said plate for at least partially filling the opening and pushing the cover open as said plate approaches the opening, said at least one block having a sloping upper surface for gradually opening the cover throughout insertion into the opening.
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