Patents Assigned to IDN Invention and Development of Novelties AG
  • Patent number: 3995921
    Abstract: A holder for tape cassettes and having a thin and flat housing and one narrow side through which the cassette is inserted. A leaf spring in the housing to thrust the cassette outwardly through the entrance, the leaf spring being arranged to be retained in the housing in flexed condition and essentially locked in tensioned position, and a spring-pressed element retaining the cassette in the housing adjacent the tensioned ejection member or spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Assignee: IDN Inventions and Development of Novelties AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 3995737
    Abstract: A holder for tape cassettes comprising a long, thin, flat housing having one side opening to form an entrance for a tape cartridge cassette to be inserted therein, there being a spring in strip or leaf form arched at the bottom of the housing in engagement with the cassette to thrust the cassette outward through the entrance, one end of the strip being secured adjacent the bottom of the housing, the other end being shaped to form a lock to retain the front corner of the cassette in the housing and being retractable away from the entrance as the strip is arched during ejection of the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Assignee: IDN Inventions and Development of Novelties AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 3994551
    Abstract: A holder for a tape cassette including a substantially flat elongate and thin housing having one narrow side open to admit entrance of the cassette, a leaf spring within the housing opposite the entrance to bear directly against the cassette for thrusting the cassette outwardly, a latch molded integrally of the housing and forming a part of one wall of the housing to retain the cassette, and tape reel holding cams spring pressed into the interior of the housing for insertion into the reel hubs of the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1976
    Assignee: IDN Inventions and Development of Novelties AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 3994550
    Abstract: A holder for a tape cassette forming a U-shaped housing with shanks to fit over the projections which laterally flank the long open side of the cassette, the holder having one end wall and a spring bearing against the end wall to urge the cassette longitudinally of the housing, the other end of the housing having a latch retaining the cassette in the housing, and arms and cams which fit into the tape reels of the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1976
    Assignee: IDN Inventions and Development of Novelties AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret