摘要 |
A tape cassette having a housing of generally rectangular configuration and containing a supply of tape wound on reels with a run of the tape being guided along a side of the housing at which the latter is open; is provided with cutouts in the top and bottom walls of the housing extending to the open side of the latter and through which tape withdrawing members may be inserted in the housing in back of the tape run for withdrawing the tape from the housing upon movement of the tape withdrawing members out of the cutouts through the open side of the housing, and lid members pivotally mounted on the housing adjacent respective corners of the latter which are at opposite ends of the open side for swinging movements relative to the housing in directions parallel to the top and bottom walls between a closed position in which the lid members extend along respective parts of the open side of the housing for covering at least parts of the tape in the adjacent run and an opened position in which the lid members are displaced from such open side, for example, by the movement of the tape withdrawing members therethrough. |