Patent ID: 6666397
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A tape cassette in which a mouth portion opened forward, upward, and downward is provided in a front portion of a cassette shell containing tape reels around which a tape-like magnetic recording medium is wound, and part of said tape-like recording medium is positioned so as to cross a front end of said mouth portion, said tape cassette comprising:a front lid positioned on a front side of part of said tape-like recording medium positioned so as to cross the front end of said mouth portion; a slider movable forward and rearward, said slider being provided on said cassette shell; and a back lid positioned on the rear side of part of said tape-like recording medium positioned so as to cross the front end of said mouth portion, said back lid being separated rearward from said tape-like recording medium along with rearward movement of said slider; wherein said back lid is supported on said slider; and each of said slider and said back lid is made from a good electrical conductor.