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Power loading/unloading mechanism for tape record/playback apparatus

US4403265A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 1981
Grant dateSep 6, 1983
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/1883
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A power loading/unloading mechanism for tape record/playback apparatus which comprises a gear driven by a motor, a rack member associated with a tape pack inserted; a partly cut-out gear independent of the rack member operation system and interlocked with a cam member for advancing and retreating a head plate; an engaging gear driven by the motor and disposed so as to engage with the partly cut-out gear; a means for keeping the engaging gear from engagement with teeth of the partly cut-out gear; and an engagement operating means for detecting completion of tape pack loading and for putting the engaging gear into mesh with the teeth of the partly cut-out gear.

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