Mechanism for transporting and receiving large and small tape cassettes
US5016127A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 1989 |
| Grant date | May 14, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B15/6835
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An automatic cassette changer capable of selectively loading any of cassettes of various sizes upon a recording and/or playback unit, comprises cassette-housing racks capable of selectively storing any of large cassettes and small cassettes, and having first guides for the large cassette and second guides for the small cassette so as to put the respective cassettes in their proper positions; and a cassette transfer having third guides for the large cassette and fourth guides for the small cassette so as to have both sides of the respective cassettes guided, and capable of selectively moving any of the large cassette and the small cassette from the cassette-housing racks to the recording and/or playback unit, and vice versa.
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