Magnetic tape cassette storage case

Abstract: A magnetic tape cassette storage case having reduced exterior dimensions of the cassette storage case and the magnetic tape cassette is prevented from rattling in the case. To assure that a magnetic tape cassette is properly inserted into a pocket portion of the case with one side end of the cassette inserted first, a groove portion is formed on the side wall of the cassette so as to allow one projection-shaped guide portion to be received therein, and a recess portion is formed on the inner wall surface of a side wall of a casing member so as to allow the other projection-shaped guide portion to be received therein.

Description: The present invention relates generally to a magnetic tape cassette storage case. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved magnetic tape cassette storage case especially adapted to receive and store therein an audio magnetic tape cassette. A conventional Philips-type audio magnetic tape cassette includes a front opening portion adapted to receive a magnetic head therein when the cassette is inserted into a recording/reproducing unit for recording or reproduction. The magnetic tape in the cassette is made to run across the front opening portion. With such construction, dust or similar foreign matter can enter the cassette through the front opening portion. Once the magnetic tape is contaminated by dust or the like adhering to the tape, signal dropout can occur, adversely affecting the recording or reproducing characteristics of the tape. Moreover, since the housing of the cassette is molded of a synthetic resin, it can readily be broken if dropped or if it receives an external impact such as when struck against an obstacle or the like. To prevent the magnetic tape from being contaminated with dust or similar foreign matter, and moreover to protect the cassette from being broken or the like, the cassette is normally stored in a magnetic tape cassette storage case when the cassette is not in use. The basic structure of a conventional cassette storage case will briefly be described below. The cassette storage case includes as essential components a cover member having a pocket portion formed at the front end part thereof to receive the opposite raised portions of the cassette in the pocket portion, and a casing member rotatably fitted to the cover member so that it can be opened and closed in a door-like manner. The cover member and the casing member are each integrally molded of a synthetic resin. When the cassette is received in the cassette storage case, the thick portion of the cassette at the front opening portion is first inserted into the pocket portion, and subsequently the casing member is rotatably closed against the cover member. Once the casing member is closed with the cover member, the whole cassette is received in the cassette storage case so as to enable the cassette to be safely stored in the cassette storage case without the possibility of the magnetic tape being contaminated with dust or similar foreign matter, and to prevent the cassette from being broken if dropped or if an external impact is imposed thereon. Fig. 7 depicts a conventional cassette 11, which is in wide use at the present time. As is apparent from the drawing, the cassette 11 has generally a rectangular configuration, and includes raised portions 12 extending outward from the respective opposite surfaces of the main body of the cassette 11 to thus cause the cassette 11 to have a portion of increased thickness. The cassette also has a pair of shaft insertion holes 13, each serving to allow a magnetic tape wound about tape hubs to transversely run across an opening portion formed on the front side wall of the main body to receive a magnetic recording/reproducing head therein. In addition, projection-shaped guide portions 14 serving as guides to allow the cassette 11 to be correctly inserted into a tape recorder or the like are formed on the opposite side walls of the main body of the cassette 11. The raised portions 12 and the guide portions 14 are dimensionally standardized for the purpose of maintaining interchangeability of cassettes. For this reason, the raised portions 12 and the guide portions 14 must always be provided on the main body of the cassette 11. Therefore, the dimensions of the pocket portion formed in the cassette storage case must be determined such that the raised portions 12 and the guide portions 14 can be received in the pocket portion. As a result, the exterior dimensions of the cassette storage case are set to values corresponding to the exterior dimensions of the cassette at the portions of increased thickness, resulting in a cassette storage case unavoidably having significantly larger dimensions than the cassette it houses. As is well known, a magnetic tape cassette is sometimes used in an automobile or at an outdoors location after being carried to such location by the user. Because of the relatively large size of the conventional cassette storage case, a corresponding large amount of storage space is required in the automobile or the like, and moreover it is often inconvenient for the user to carry such a cassette storage case. Under the circumstances described above, a demand has arisen for providing a magnetic tape cassette storage case of reduced dimensions, specifically, a reduced thickness. A magnetic tape cassette storage case as reflected in the preamble part of claim 1 is known from EP-A-0 494 690 A2 enabling accommodating a plurality of cassettes and including a cover member having a pocket for receiving end portions of magnetic tape cassettes and a casing member having rotation stopper projections, with the cover member and the casing member being pivotably assembled. The pocket is formed so as to be large enough to receive the side end portions of the magnetic tape cassettes superposed in a reversed relation with respect to one another. A recess portion for receiving the thick portion of one of the superposed magnetic tape cassettes is formed on a wall surface of the cover member, while a recess portion for receiving the thick portion of the other superposed magnetic tape cassette is formed on a wall surface of the casing member. Further improvement of such a cassette case, specifically in order to assure a reliable and firm position of the cassette within the case is desired. From EP-A-0 537 678 A2, which is a document under Article 54(3) EPC, another container case for a magnetic tape cassette is known comprising positioning grooves formed respectively along inner surfaces of the right and left side walls constituting the pocket for receiving thick portions of the magnetic tape cassette are provided. Accordingly, it is an objective of the present invention to improve a magnetic tape cassette storage case as indicated above, which is constructed such that the exterior dimensions of the cassette storage case can be substantially reduced compared with conventional cassette storage cases and, moreover, wherein the cassette is prevented from undesirably rattling in the cassette storage case after the former is received in the latter. According, to the present invention, the aforeindicated objective is performed in that a groove portion for receiving a projection-shaped guide portion on said one end part of said magnetic tape cassette wherein said one end part of said magnetic tape cassette is received in said pocket portion of said cover member is formed on a rear wall portion of the pocket portion of said cover member. Since at least one projection-shaped guide portion at the opposite ends of the magnetic tape cassette is received in the groove portion formed in the pocket portion of the cover member, a large part of the projection-shaped guide portion is received in the side wall of the pocket portion of the cover member or the side wall of the casing member, whereby exterior dimensions of the cassette storage case can be reduced by an amount corresponding to at least the height of the projection-shaped guide portion. For example, in the case where the cassette storage case is constructed to receive one of the opposite end parts of the magnetic tape cassette in the pocket portion of the cover member, it is desirable that a groove portion for receiving the projection-shaped guide portion therein be formed on the bottom wall of the pocket portion of the cover member, whereby the exterior dimensions of the cassette storage case can be reduced by an amount corresponding to the height of the projection-shaped guide portion. In addition, when the groove portion is formed on the bottom wall of the pocket portion of the cover member, and moreover a recess for receiving a projection-shaped guide portion at the other end part of the magnetic tape cassette therein is formed on a side wall of the casing member, the exterior dimensions of the cassette storage case can be reduced by an amount corresponding to a height of both of the two projection-shaped guide portions. Further preferred embodiments of the present invention are laid down in the other subclaims. In the following the present invention is explained in greater detail by means of a preferred embodiment thereof in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a magnetic tape cassette storage case constructed according to a first embodiment of the present invention, particularly showing a case member in an open state before a magnetic cassette is received in the cassette storage case; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the cassette storage case shown in Fig. 1, particularly showing the opposite sides of the cassette on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a magnetic tape cassette storage case constructed according to a second embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cassette storage case shown in Fig. 3, particularly showing two cassettes inserted into a common pocket portion; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a magnetic tape storage case constructed according to a third embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a magnetic tape cassette storage case constructed according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a conventional magnetic tape cassette. The present invention will now be described in detail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof. A magnet tape cassette storage case constructed according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the magnetic tape cassette storage case, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the magnetic tape cassette storage case, particularly showing the structure of essential components constituting the cassette storage case on an enlarged scale. Since the inventive magnetic tape cassette is substantially similar to the conventional case in Fig. 7 in many structure features, structural components constituting the two magnetic tape cassettes are represented by like reference numerals, and a further detailed description of common components will be omitted. The magnetic tape cassette storage case 1 includes as an essential component a cover member 2 having a pocket portion 4 formed at the front end part thereof and a casing member 3 having a pair of rotation preventing projections 5 projecting therefrom. A support shaft 6 extends inside each of the opposite side walls 3a of the casing member 3 and is fitted into a hole (not shown) formed through each of the opposite side walls 4a of the pocket portion 4. With this construction, the cover member 2 can rotatably be opened and closed relative to the case member 3 in a door-like manner with the aid of the support shafts 6 fitted into respective holes. Basically, the cover member 2 has a parallelpiped-shaped configuration having a small thickness, wherein the area of the cover member 2 as measured along a planar portion A thereof is slightly larger than the area of a magnetic tape cassette 11 as measured along the planar thereof. The pocket portion 4 of the cover member 2 is dimensioned to receive one of the opposite ends 15a and 15b of the magnetic tape cassette 11, i . e ., a left-hand end 15a of the same in this illustration. Specifically, the pocket portion 4 is designed in a box-shaped configuration of which one end is open, and includes a flat plate portion A, opposite side wall portions 4a, an upper plate portion 4b and a bottom side wall portion 4d. In addition, an opening portion 9 is formed on the flat plate portion A so as to receive the raised portion 12 of the magnetic tape cassette 11 of increased thickness. In the case shown, another raised portion 12 is likewise formed on the lower surface side of the magnetic tape cassette 11. Thus, in this embodiment, with the magnetic tape cassette storage case 1 constructed in the above-described manner, the magnetic tape cassette 11 can be inserted into the cassette storage case 1 in the longitudinal direction. The casing member 3 is designed in such a configuration that a flat plate portion B is surrounded by the opposite side walls 3a and the front wall 3b along the three sides thereof, and a pair of rotation preventing projections 5 are formed on the planar portion B while integrally projecting from the latter. When the cassette 11 is first received in the cover member 2 and the casing member 3 is then rotatably closed with the cover member 2, the rotation preventing projections 5 are inserted through shaft insertion holes 13 to come into engagement with tape hubs (not shown) in the cassette 11 in order to prevent the magnetic tape T from being loosened. To receive a raised portion 12 on the upper surface of the magnetic cassette 11 when the casing member 3 is rotatably closed with the cover member 2, a recess portion 10 is formed on the flat plate portion B in the region positionally corresponding to the raised portion 12. A projection 7 is formed on the left-hand side wall 4a of the pocket portion 4 while projecting inward of the side wall 4a, and an engagement recess 8 is formed on the left-hand side wall 3a of the casing member 3 at a position corresponding to the projection 7 so as to allow the projection 7 to be fitted into the engagement recess 8 when the casing member 3 is rotatably closed with the cover member 2. With this construction, when the casing member 3 is closed with the cover 2 by turning the cover member 2 about the support shafts 8, the projections 7 are fitted into the engagement recess portions 8 so that the cover member 2 is held in the closed state relative to the casing member 3. The cassette storage case 1 constructed in the above-described manner has two remarkable structural features as noted below. One of the structural features is that a groove portion 21 is formed on the inner wall surface of a rear wall portion 4d of the pocket portion 4 in the region positionally corresponding to a left-hand projection-shaped guide portion 14a of the cassette 11 so as to allow the projection-shaped guide portion 14a to be fitted into the groove portion 21 when the cassette 11 is received in the pocket portion of the cover member 2. The other structural feature is that a recess portion 31 is formed on the inner wall surface of a front side wall 3b of the casing member 3 in the region positionally corresponding to a right-hand projection-shaped guide 14b of the cassette 11 so as to allow the projection-shaped guide 14b to be fitted into the recess portion 31 when the cassette 11 is received in the pocket portion 4 of the cover member 2. In this embodiment, when the cassette 11 is received in the cassette storage case 1, the cassette 11 is inserted into the pocket portion 4 with the left-hand end 15a of the cassette 11 inserted first, and subsequently, after the upper raised portion 12 of the cassette 11 is received in the recess portion 9, the casing member 3 is turned about the support shafts 6 in the closing direction. The groove portion 21 has a length and a depth sufficient to allow the projection-shaped guide portion 14a to be fitted into the groove portion 21 as shown on an enlarged scale at the left-hand side of Fig. 2. However, since there is a need of allowing the projection-shaped guide portion 14b to be slidably received in the recess portion 31 as the casing member 3 is turned about the support shafts 6, the recess portion 31 is formed on the inner wall surface of the front side wall 3b extending parallel to the front side wall 3b to reach the open end of the latter, as shown on an enlarged scale at the right-hand part of Fig. 2. Since the groove portion 21 and the recess portion 31 are formed on the cassette storage case 1, the left-hand projection-shaped guide portion 14a is received in the groove portion 21, while the right-hand projection-shaped guide portion 14b is slidably received in the recess portion 31, as shown in Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale. Thus, when the cassette 11 is inserted into the pocket portion 4, the projection-shaped guide portions 14a and 14b are received in the rear wall 4d and the front wall 3b as if they were embedded therein. Consequently, the width of the cassette storage case 1 can be reduced by an amount corresponding to the sum of the height of the left-hand projection-shaped guide portion 14a and the height of the right-hand projection-shaped guide portion 14b. It should be noted that recess portions 9 and 10 are formed on the cassette storage case 1 in order to receive the opposite raised portions 12 of the cassette 11 therein. Similarly, the thickness of the cassette storage case 1 can be reduced by an amount corresponding to the sum of the height of the upper raised portion 12 and the height of the lower raised portion 12. Thus, the overall structure of the cassette storage case 1 has smaller dimensions owing to the reduction of the thickness of the cassette storage case 1 in addition to the reduction of the width of the same. Next, a magnet tape cassette storage case constructed according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cassette storage case 1, and Fig. 4 is a perspective of the magnetic tape cassette storage case 1, particularly showing two cassettes 11 received in the cassette storage case 1. A characterizing feature of the cassette storage case 1 constructed according to the second embodiment of the present invention resides in the fact that two groove portions 21a and 21b and two recesses 9 and 10 are formed on the cassette storage case 1 so as to allow the opposite raised portions 12 and the projection-shaped guide portions 14a and 14b of the cassettes 11 to be received in the groove portions 21a and 21b and in the recesses 9 and 10. Components similar to those shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are represented by like reference numerals, and a further detailed description on these components will be omitted. In this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 4, the cassette storage case 1 is constructed such that two cassettes 11 are received therein while their opening portions (not shown) face each other, and a recess 9 having a wide area sufficient to receive two lower raised portions 12 therein is formed on a flat plate portion A in the central region of the latter. Similarly, a pocket portion 4 has a large enough volume to simultaneously receive the two cassettes 11 therein, with the right-hand ends 15a and 15b of the cassettes 11 inserted first. In addition, two groove portions 21a and 21b are formed on the inner wall surface of a rear wall 4d of the cassette 1 at positions which positionally coincide with two projection-shaped guide portions 14a and 14b when the two cassettes 11 are received in the pocket portion 4 by rotatably closing the case member 3 with the cover member 2. On the other hand, a recess 10 having a wide area sufficient to receive two upper raised portions 12 of the cassettes 11 therein is formed in the central region of a planar portion B of a casing member 3. In addition, two recess portions 31a and 31b are formed on the inner wall surface of a front side wall 3b at the positions which positionally coincide with right-hand projection-shaped guide portions 14a and 14b when the two cassettes 11 are received in the pocket portion 4 by rotatably closing the casing member 3 with the cover member 2. With the cassette storage case 1 constructed in the above-described manner, as shown in Fig. 4, when two cassettes 11 are received in the cassette storage case 1, a left-hand end 15a of one cassette 11 is received in the pocket portion 4, and a left-hand projection-shaped guide portion 14a of the same is fitted into the groove portion 21b. On the other hand, a left-hand end 15b of the other cassette 11 is received in the pocket portion 4, and a left-hand projection-shaped guide portion 14b of the same is fitted into the groove portion 21a. When the casing member 3 is rotatably closed with a cover member 2 by turning the casing member 3 about support shafts 6, a right-hand projection-shaped guide portion 15b is fitted into the recess portion 31b and a right-hand projection-shaped guide portion 14a is fitted into the recess portion 21a. Also with the cassette storage case 1 constructed according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the width of the cassette storage case 1 can be reduced by an amount corresponding to the sum of the height of the projection-shaped guide portion 14a and the height of the projection-shaped guide portion 14b because both the projection-shaped guide portions 14a and 14b of the two cassette 11 are received in the groove portions 21a and 21b and recess portions 31a and 31b. In addition, the thickness of the cassette storage case 1 can likewise be reduced by an amount corresponding to the height of the opposite raised portions 12 of the cassette 11 because the opposite raised portions 12 of the cassette 11 are received in the recess portions 9 and 10. Consequently, the cassette storage case 1 can be designed with smaller dimensions. Next, a magnet tape cassette storage case constructed according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to Fig. 5. A main difference of the cassette storage case constructed according to the third embodiment of the present invention from that of the second embodiment resides in the fact that an opening portion of each of two cassettes 11 is oriented in the outward direction, and moreover a structure is provided in the cassette storage case 1 for preventing each cassette 11 from being Inserted into a pocket portion 4 in an inverted state. Also in this embodiment similar structural components as those in the second embodiment are represented by the same reference numerals. Thus, a furcher detailed description of such components will be omitted. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cassette storage case 1 of the third embodiment. A pair of longitudinally extending recess portions 51a and 51b each oriented toward the pocket portion 4 are formed on a planar portion A of a cover member 2 while extending parallel to the opposite sides of the cassette storage case 1. In addition, recess portions 52a and 52b are formed on the lower surface of an upper plate 4b of the pocket portion 4 at positions located opposite the recess portions 51a and 51b. The left-hand ends of the recess portions 51a and 51b slantwise extend in the form of inclined surfaces 53a and 53b. The height h as measured between the flat plate portion A and the lower surface of the upper plate 4b of the pocket portion 4 is sufficient to permit a planar portion of each cassette 11, namely, the main part of the cassette 11 having the shaft insertion holes 13 formed therein, to pass therebetween, while the height between the recess portions 51a and 51b and each of the recess portions 52a and 52b is made sufficient to permit the opposite raised portions 12 of the cassette 11 to pass therebetween. On the other hand, a pair of recess portions 10 are formed on a flat plate portion B of a casing member 3 at positions which positionally coincide with the raised portions 12 of each cassette 1 when the casing member 3 is rotatably closed with the cover member 2. It should be noted that it suffices for each raised portion 12 to be received in the corresponding recess portion 10, and it is not always necessary that each recess portion 10 extend in the longitudinal direction. Recess portions 31a and 31b are formed on the inner wall surface of a front side wall 3b of the casing member 3 at positions corresponding to projection-shaped guide portions 14a and 14b of each cassette 11. With the cassette storage case 1 constructed in the above-described manner, raised portions 12 of the two cassettes 11 are first received in the recess portions 51a and 51b on the cover member 2, and thereafter they are thrust in the forward direction. As they are inserted in this manner, the raised portions 12 of the two cassettes 11 are slidably received between the recess portions 51a and 52b as well as between both the recess portions 51b and 52b. When the forwardmost end parts of the cassettes 11 reach the inclined surfaces 53a and 53b, the cassettes 11 are held between the inclined surfaces 53a and 53b and the recess portions 52a and 52b in a clamped state, thereby preventing the cassettes from unpleasantly rattling in the casing member 3. If the user erroneously tries to insert the raised portions 12 of the cassettes 11 into the pocket portion 4 at positions offset from the recess portions 51a and 51b, i . e ., at positions each having a height h , the cassettes cannot be inserted in such a manner at all because the thickness of each cassette 11 between the opposite raised portions 12 is larger than the height h . Left-hand projection-shaped guide portions 14a and 14b of each cassette 11 are received in groove portions 21a and 21b formed on the inner surface of the rear side wall of the cover member 2. Also with the cassette storage case 1 constructed according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the overall structure of the cassette storage case 1 can be designed with smaller dimensions without the possibility that the cassettes 11 will unpleasantly rattle in the casing member 3, or that the opposite raised portions 12 of the cassettes 11 are erroneously inserted into the pocket portion 4 of the cover member 2. Next, a magnetic tape cassette storage case constructed according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to Fig. 6. A characterizing feature of the cassette storage case 1 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention resides in the fact that the cassette storage case 1 can be designed with smaller dimensions in the same manner as in each of the aforementioned embodiments, and moreover a single cassette 11 can be inserted into a pocket portion 4 in two different directions. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the cassette storage case 1 constructed according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. A pair of longitudinally extending recess portions 51a and 51b are formed on a planar portion A extending parallel to the opposite side walls 61a and 61b of a cover member 2, and the opposite side walls 61a and 61b extend upright from the flat plate portion A while extending across the full length of the cassette storage case 1. The interior width between the two side walls 61a and 61b is dimensioned such that one cassette 11 can be inserted into a pocket portion 4 in the longitudinal direction. Two groove portions 21 are formed on a rear side wall 4d of the pocket portion 4 of the cover member 2. On the other hand, two recess portions 10 are formed on a planar portion B of a casing member 3 at positions which positionally coincide with the recesses 51a and 51b when the casing member 3 is rotatably closed with the cover member 2, and moreover two recess portions 31a and 31b are formed on the inner wall surface of a front side wall 3b of the cover member 2. With the cassette storage case 1 constructed according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the opposite raised portions 12 of the two cassettes 11 can be received in one of the longitudinally extending recess portions 51a and 51b. In other words, the cassette 11 can be inserted in the cassette storage case 1 in two directions, resulting in the ease of use of the cassette storage case 1 being substantially improved. When the cassettes 11 are received in the cassette storage case 1, the projection-shaped guide portions 14a and 14b can be fitted into the groove portions 21 and the recess potions 31 regardless of the direction of insertion of the cassettes 11. Thus, with the cassette storage case 1 of this embodiment, it is possible to design the cassette storage case 1 with smaller dimensions by virtue of the functional effects attributable to the formation of the recess portions 51a and 51b, the recess portions 10, the groove portions 21 and the recess portions 31a and 31b. In this embodiment, a pair of rotation preventing projections 5 are formed with a small thickness at positions where they can be inserted into shaft insertion holes 13 of the cassettes 11 to be engaged with the tape hubs, regardless of the direction of inserting the cassettes 11 into the cassette storage case 1. The formation of the rotation preventing projections 5 with a small thickness is achieved due to the fact that the shaft insertion holes 13 of each cassette 11 are formed at positions offset from the center line of each cassette 11. The rotation preventing projections 5 may be formed using an elastic material different from that of the main body of the cassette storage case 1 by adhering them to to a planar portion B of the case member 3 using an adhesive. Otherwise, they may be integrally molded with the casing member 3 by employing a two-color molding process. Especially in the case where the rotation preventing projections 5 are molded of an elastic material, a problem of loosening of the magnetic tape T can be prevented merely by bringing the rotation preventing projections 5 into engagement with the tape hubs. For this reason, a process of molding the rotation preventing projections 5 of an elastic synthetic resin is preferably employed for the cassette storage case 1 constructed according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. While the fourth embodiment of the present invention has been described above, it should be noted that the present invention should not be limited to the cassette storage case 1 of a type where each cassette 11 is inserted into the pocket portion 4 in the longitudinal direction. In practice, most cassettes 11 commercially available at present are inserted into the cassette storage case 1 in a transverse attitude. The cassette storage case 1 constructed according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention can preferably be applied to such a case. In the aforeindicated embodiments a recess 41 at the front wall 3b of the cover member is adapted on which a user may place a finger to open the cassette accommodating case as is conventional (see EP-A-0 494 690 A2).

Claims: A magnetic tape cassette storage case including a cover member (2) having a pocket portion (4) formed at one end part thereof to receive one lateral end part of opposite lateral end parts (15a, 15b) of a magnetic tape cassette (11) and a casing member (3) having rotation preventing projections (5) for reels of said cassette (11) formed thereon, said cover member (2) being rotatably fitted to said casing member (3), characterised in that, a groove portion (21, 21a, 21b) for receiving a projection-shaped guide portion (14a) on said one end part of said magnetic tape cassette (11) therein when said one end part of said magnetic tape cassette (11) is received in said pocket portion (4) of said cover member (2) is formed on a rear wall portion (4d) of the pocket portion (4) of said cover member (2). A magnetic tape cassette storage case as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that, an opening portion (9, 10, 51a, 51b) is formed in a planar portion (A, B) forming a main surface of at least one of said cover member (2) and said casing member (3) for receiving a raised portion (12) of said magnetic tape cassette (11) therein. A magnetic tape cassette storage case as claimed in claims 1 or 2, characterised in that, a recess portion (31, 31a, 31b) is formed on an inner wall surface of a front side wall (3b) of said casing member (3) for receiving a projection-shaped guide portion (14a, 14b) on the other lateral end part of said magnetic tape cassette (11). A magnetic tape cassette storage case as claimed in at least one of the preceeding claims 1 to 3, characterised in that, said cover member (2) and said casing member (3) are dimensioned to receive two magnetic tape cassettes (11) therein, wherein two of said groove portions (21a, 21b) are formed in said rear wall portion (4d) of said pocket portion (4) and two said recess portions (31a, 31b) are formed on said inner wall surface of said front side wall (3c). A magnetic tape cassette storage case as claimed in at least one of the preceeding claims 1 to 4, characterised in that, a pair of longitudinally extending recess portions (51a, 51b) each oriented toward said pocket portion (4) are formed in a planar portion (A) forming a main surface of said cover member (2), extending parallel with opposite sides of said case (3), for receiving raised portions (12) of respective ones of said cassettes (11). A magnetic tape cassette storage case as claimed in claim 5, characterised in that, ends of said longitudinally extending recess portions (51a, 51b) for receiving said raised portions (12) adjacent said pocket portion (4) are slanted in the form of inclined surfaces (53a, 53b). A magnetic tape cassette storage case as claimed in claims 5 or 6, characterised in that, a height of said pocket portion (4) in an area between said longitudinally extending recess portions (51a, 51b) is sufficiently great to allow a planar main surface portion of said cassette (11) to pass but sufficiently small to prevent a raised portion (12) of said cassette (11) to pass.

Inventors: KIYOO MORITA, KIYOO, MORITA
Applicants: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD, FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Application year: 1993
Main classification: G11B23
IPC codes: G11B23, B65D85