COMPACT CASSETTE HAVING DECREASED SIZE Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: information storage devices. SUBSTANCE: device has couple of braking units, which engage with correspondingly couple of bushes of reels. Said units serve for locking reel bushes to position which prevents their rotation with respect to housing. Braking units are connected to one another so that operations for release of one braking unit are transmitted to another braking unit. This results in possibility to synchronize release of couple of braking units. This mode of coupling of two braking units results in reliable and precise locking and releasing of bushes of reels. EFFECT: increased reliability, increased precision. 34 cl, 28 dwg