Cassette tape recording/reproducing apparatus
US4227224A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 5, 1979 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 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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