Tape cassette having a lock mechanism for locking a tape protective lid

摘要

A locking plate for front panels of magnetic tape cassettes, particularly video tape cassettes, which has a hinged bearing and contains a spring which exerts a torque in a direction towards the barred position, whereby the plate spring is injected on the journal bearing of the locking panel pointing inside the casette and is U-shaped and that its free end touches the wall of the cassette housing.