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Cassette holder locking apparatus for video cassette tape recorder

US5815341A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 1997
Grant dateSep 29, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/67565
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved cassette tape holder locking apparatus for a video cassette tape recorder capable of achieving a better cassette tape placing operation by locking the cassette holder at both sides of a housing bracket, which includes a first holder locking member rotatably disposed to the side plate for limiting a loading operation of the cassette holder after the cassette holder is lowered; and a second holder locking member rotatably disposed at a deck surface of the opposed side of the side plate and driven by a drive member provided at the deck surface for limiting a lifting operation of the cassette holder.

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