Patent ID: 6092297
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A videocassette time measurement device comprising in combination:a) a videocassette having a tape dispensing reel and a tape take-up reel;b) means comprising a transparent rectangular case for housing said videocassette, said videocassette being freely inserted thereinto and taken out therefrom;c) means mounted on the outside of said transparent case for indicating the amount of time available and used on the tape within the videocassette comprising a wheel having time, tape type and recording method scales thereon, said wheel being mounted over one of said reels with a flanged center collar between said wheel and an upper wall of said case to permit said wheel to be rotated in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction until an appropriate tape type, recording method and time scales have been selected; andd) said wheel and time scales thereon being transparent so that the reel underneath the wheel is visible through said time scales and wheel.