System comprising a player and/or recorder apparatus and a tape cassette, and the apparatus and a cassette suitable for use in such a system
First Claim
1. A system comprising an apparatus and a cassette suitable for cooperation with the apparatus,which cassette comprises a magnetic tape with a coating on one side, and a housing having two parallel main walls and transverse walls including one front wall defining a magnetic-head opening, along which front wall the magnetic tape in the housing extends with its coating side facing the opening, which cassette further comprises a resilient element with two tape guides, which element is situated near the opening behind the magnetic tape in the cassette, which tape guides each comprise a guide surface guiding the magnetic tape during cooperation with the apparatus,which apparatus comprises a magnetic-head unit with a head face past which the magnetic tape is moved in its longitudinal direction during cooperation with the cassette, the magnetic tape coating being in contact with the head face,characterized in that the magnetic-head unit comprises two pairs of projections, one pair at each side of the head face, the projections of each pair spaced at a distance from one another which is at least equal to the width of the magnetic tape, the pairs being spaced from each other by a distance such that the projections are in contact with end portions of the cassette guide surfaces, whereby clearance is provided between the tape guides and the magnetic-head unit during cooperation with the apparatus.
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Abstract
A system comprises an apparatus (20) and a cassette (1) adapted to cooperate with each other. The apparatus comprises a magnetic-head unit (32) with a magnetic head (38), further tape guides (42, 44) and projections (48, 52). The cassette comprises a magnetic tape (3) and a resilient element (100) with tape guides (101, 102). During cooperation of the apparatus with the cassette the tape guides (101, 102) are situated between the magnetic head (38) and the further tape guides (42, 44), and the tape guides (101, 102) are in contact with the projections (48, 52). This provides an additional guidance for the magnetic tape at the location of the magnetic-head unit, which improves the contact between the magnetic tape (3) and the magnetic head (38) and the further tape guides (42, 44).
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1. A system comprising an apparatus and a cassette suitable for cooperation with the apparatus,
which cassette comprises a magnetic tape with a coating on one side, and a housing having two parallel main walls and transverse walls including one front wall defining a magnetic-head opening, along which front wall the magnetic tape in the housing extends with its coating side facing the opening, which cassette further comprises a resilient element with two tape guides, which element is situated near the opening behind the magnetic tape in the cassette, which tape guides each comprise a guide surface guiding the magnetic tape during cooperation with the apparatus, which apparatus comprises a magnetic-head unit with a head face past which the magnetic tape is moved in its longitudinal direction during cooperation with the cassette, the magnetic tape coating being in contact with the head face, characterized in that the magnetic-head unit comprises two pairs of projections, one pair at each side of the head face, the projections of each pair spaced at a distance from one another which is at least equal to the width of the magnetic tape, the pairs being spaced from each other by a distance such that the projections are in contact with end portions of the cassette guide surfaces, whereby clearance is provided between the tape guides and the magnetic-head unit during cooperation with the apparatus.
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