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Cassette loading mechanism

US4825312A · kind A · utility

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3References
6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 24, 1987
Grant dateApr 25, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/67557
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An R-DAT cassette loading mechanism comprises a reversible motor; a rotary member drivingly connected to the motor and having a driving pin formed at a central position of its lateral surface; a loading plate having first and second cam portions and pulled by the driving pin to reciprocally slide on a straight line; a guide link pivotably supported on a fixed member and rotated vertically by the first cam portion; a cassette holder pivotably supported on a free end portion of the guide link; a cassette guide having a contact portion accepting a front end portion of a cassette and slidably movable between a cassette sucking position and a cassette ejecting position; and a loading link pivotably supported on a fixed member and rotated on a horizontal plane by the second cam portion to slidably move the cassette guide.

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