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Cassette tape recording/reproducing apparatus

US4227224A · kind A · utility

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22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 1979
Grant dateOct 7, 1980
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Expiry dateMar 5, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/67555
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cassette tape recording/reproducing apparatus which is so adapted that after a cassette is horizontally pushed deep into a pack guide, the pack guide is lowered in a vertical direction to set the cassette in a recording/reproducing position on a bottom plate of the apparatus, which apparatus is characterized in: PA1 that an ejecting plate and a slide plate are provided along the pack guide so as to slide in the forward and the backward direction of the apparatus, and a lock plate is provided for locking the ejecting plate and the slide plate in their retired positions, respectively, said lock plate being adapted to lock, at a time, either one of the ejecting plate and the slide plate, preventing the same from moving and allow the other to move forwardly or backwardly; PA1 that a power plate is provided also along the pack guide, which plate is movable in the forward and the backward direction of the apparatus, provided with a set spring for normally urging the power plate in the retreating direction, and engageable with the slide plate through a rack-pinion mechanism, and means for releasing the engagement between the slide plate and the power plate when the cassette is ejected i…

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