Patent ID: 6452749
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A tape cassette comprising:tape reels around which a tape-shaped recording medium is wound; a cassette shell in which said tape reels are accommodated; a mouth portion provided at a front portion of said cassette shell so as to be opened in a forward direction and in an up-and-down direction, a part of said tape-shaped recording medium being located so as to traverse a front end of said mouth portion; a front lid located at a front side of the tape-shaped recording medium; a back lid which is located at a back side of the tape-shaped recording medium to cover the tape-shaped recording medium; a slider that is freely movable forward and backward, wherein the front lid is freely rotatably mounted at the front end portion of the slider and wherein the back lid is formed integrally with the slider; and lock means for preventing rotation of said front lid until said slider is forwardly moved to a front end and the back side of the tape-shaped recording medium is covered by said back lid, wherein said front lid is rotated from a lid open position to a lid close position after said back lid is moved to a lid close position.