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Housing for a single reel tape cartridge

Granted 29 Jul 1997 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Imation Corp. · originally Imation

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Inventors: Michael W. Johnson · Examiner: Prabhakar G. Deshmukh · AU 292 · TC 2900

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filed 27 Jan 1995
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US D381645
granted 29 Jul 1997

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a housing for tape cartridge showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of my invention;

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of my invention;

FIG. 16 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 22 is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of my invention;

FIG. 23 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 24 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 26 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 27 is a back view thereof; and,

FIG. 28 is a front view thereof.

The broken line showing of the reel mechanism is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claim.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/121

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