Cassette loading device for accommodating cassettes of different sizes in a tape cassette recording and/or reproducing apparatus
US5314141A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 1991 |
| Grant date | May 24, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B25/066
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a tape cassette recording and/or reproducing apparatus capable of selective operation with a relatively large or small-sized cassette containing a respective pair of rotatable reels having a relatively large or small center-to-center distance, respectively; a cassette holder is movable between a cassette receiving and discharging position and a loading position and can receive a selected one of the large and small-sized cassettes when in the receiving and discharging position and can convey the selected cassette to the loading position; a pair of reel bases are movable relative to each other for varying the center-to-center distance therebetween; a reel base adjusting device is selectively driven in first or second modes for respectively moving the reel bases to first or second positions wherein the center-to-center distance therebetween is suitable for engagement with the reels of a large or small-sized cassette; a detector detects the size of a cassette received in the holder and assumes different conditions when detecting the large and small-sized cassettes, respectively; and a drive member is movable with the holder at least part of the way from the receiving and discharging…
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