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Magnetic tape cassette apparatus

US5179481A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
14References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 5, 1991
Grant dateJan 12, 1993
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/106
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a magnetic-tape cassette apparatus (1), comprising a deck for playing magnetic-tape cassettes, which deck includes a cassette-loading mechanism including a lift lever (3) which enables a cassette holder (1) containing a cassette (3) to be moved between an eject position and a play position, a cassette driver (9) being guided in a slotted a guide in the lift lever 3 so as to be movable in the loading direction of the cassette holder 1a between a take-over position and a loading position and the cassette holder (1a) being in the lifted eject position when the cassette driver (9) is in the take-over position. The cassette driver (9) comprises resilient arms (26) which press against the lift lever (3) in the take-over position.

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