Patent · US Expired

Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

US5734520A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
7References
18Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1995
Grant dateMar 31, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 29, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B25/066
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus being able to use a normal-sized cassette and a small sized cassette according to a user's selection. The apparatus comprises a supply reel stand for engaging with a supply reel; a supply reel stand base for supporting the supply reel stand; a take-up reel stand for engaging with a take-up reel; a take-up reel stand base for supporting the take-up reel stand; a reel stand displacing mechanism for displacing the supply reel stand base and the take-up reel stand base according to a size of the normal-sized cassette and a size of the small sized cassette. The reel stand displacing mechanism displaces the supply reel stand base and the take-up reel stand base by using a drive force transmitted from the tape loading mechanism.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.