Pushbutton actuated cassette tape transport
US4491287A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B15/67584
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cassette tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus has a substantially rectangular chassis with a perimeter approximately coextensive with a tape cassette to be operatively positioned in a cassette holder at one side of the chassis, a tape transport mechanism including reel shafts extending through the chassis for engaging respective reels in a tape cassette operatively positioned against the chassis, and a gear transmission for selectively driving the reel shafts in accordance with a plurality of operating modes, such gear transmission consisting of a plurality of gears disposed at the other side of the chassis for rotation about axes normal to the chassis, with certain of the gears being axially displaceable for the changing from one to another of the operating modes, and push-buttons all disposed at the other side of the chassis and being selectively manually actuable normal to the chassis from extended to depressed positions for displacing respective axially movable gears for correspondingly changing the mode of the apparatus.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.