Recording tape magazine

Claim 1

A magazine for recording tape adapted to be used in conjunction with a tape recorder or the like, said magazine comprising: a magazine housing having at least one flat side portion which faces the user when the magazine is in its normal position of use; a windoff spool and a windup spool disposed in said magazine housing; a recording tape guided for continuous movement along a predetermined path of travel between said windoff spool and said windup spool; tape deflecting members provided in said magazine for detouring the recording tape along its path of travel from a first position for audio playback into a second position for visual read-out; means defining a viewing area provided at said flat side portion of said magazine housing and arranged along the detoured portion of the path of travel of the recording tape for rendering visible visual markings provided on the recording tape when in said second position and in synchronism with the reproduction of associated acoustical information on the recording tape; and wherein said tape deflecting members are disposed in said magazine housing such that the recording tape during sound reproduction moves through the viewing area in a direction opposite to the direction of reading of the visual markings.