Patent · US Expired

Tape loading device for recording and/or reproducing apparatus

US4907110A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 14, 1988
Grant dateMar 6, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 14, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/10
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a tape loading mechanism arranged to place a tape at heads by pulling the tape out of a tape cassette loaded on the apparatus in a predetermined loading position, an operation mode setting mechanism arranged to shift its position according to each of a plurality of operation modes, and a tape driving mechanism which includes reel shafts. The operation mode setting mechanism is arranged to be capable of selecting a stop mode and a cassette ejecting mode in one and the same specific operation mode setting position thereof according to the state of the tape loading mechanism and to be capable of selecting two different high speed tape feeding modes also in another specific operation mode setting position thereof.

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