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Cassette-type recording and/or reproducing apparatus

US4173028A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 3, 1978
Grant dateOct 30, 1979
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/67565
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A recording and/or reproducing apparatus using a tape-cassette includes a cassette holder for holding the tape-cassette, an operating mechanism for moving the cassette holder from an operative, or lowered, position to an eject, or raised, position, a first detecting device for detecting whether power is being applied to the apparatus, and a second detecting device for detecting whether the cassette holder contains a tape cassette. In the recording and/or reproducing apparatus, when the power switch is turned on while the cassette holder is in its operative position, and there is no tape-cassette in the cassette holder, the cassette holder is automatically raised to the eject position.

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