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Reel driving apparatus for tape recorder

US5251845A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 1991
Grant dateOct 12, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/50
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reel driving apparatus for use in a tape recorder such as a video cassette tape recorder, a digital audio tape recorder and the like, includes a rotary disk provided with an engaging protrusion and resiliently biased by a coil spring, an up/down bracket movable upward and downward together with the up/down bracket, and an idler gear engaging with upper and lower gears of supply and take-up clutches, selectively. By the arrangement described, the structure of deck mechanism becomes simple by using only a single idler mechanism to drive the supply reel and the take-up reel in different torques suitable for a high speed mode and low speed mode.

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