Patent ID: 6556378
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A tape cassette in which a mouth portion opened in forward and up-and-down directions is provided at the front portion of a cassette shell accommodating therein tape reels having a tape-shaped recording medium wound therearound, a part of the tape-shaped recording medium is located so as to traverse the front end of the mouth portion, and a front lid for covering the front side of the tape-shaped recording medium is provided, characterized in that:a slider is provided so as to be freely movable forwardly and downwardly; each side-surface portion of said slider along the side surface of said front lid has a lid-support portion at the front-end portion thereof and a main surface portion located outside of said lid-support portion; said front lid has a front-surface portion covering the front surface of the tape-shaped recording medium, and side surface portions projecting backwardly from both the ends of said front-surface portion, the side-surface portions being freely rotatably supported to the lid-support portion of said slider; and the front-end portions of said slider and the side-surface portions of said front lid have overlap portions which are overlapped with each other in the right-and-left direction.