Cassette loading mechanism for recording and playback apparatus
US5602695A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 5, 1994 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B15/67513
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cassette loading mechanism for loading either a smaller tape cassette or a larger tape cassette into a recording/reproducing apparatus, having apparatus for causing the large cassette to avoid obstructions in a cassette holder during insertion of the large cassette and of enabling the stable insertion of the larger tape cassette in the cassette holder. The cassette loading mechanism has a cassette holder provided with contact members disposed so as to engage only the larger tape cassette and so as to move members provided on the cassette holder for use with the smaller tape cassette to a retracted position. The member for use with the smaller tape cassette and the contact member are formed in an integral unit to ensure the correct operation of the cassette loading mechanism.
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