Patent · US Expired

Tape player having motor-driven tape-pack loading mechanism

US4511940A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 5, 1981
Grant dateApr 16, 1985
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/67505
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automatic tape-pack loading mechanism adopted in a tape player, in which a rack portion is formed on a tape-pack holder which serves to receive a tape pack and drop it into the playing position, in which a motor-driven rotating piece is so provided as to be engaged with, and disengaged from, a rotary member engaged with said rack portion, and in which a lock link is disposed on a member supporting said rotary member to change the relation from engagement to disengagement or vice versa between said rotary member and rotating piece.

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