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Recording and/or reproducing device having a tape pull-out element and a coupling element and having locking means for holding together these two elements

US6322014A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 12, 2000
Grant dateNov 27, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 12, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/26
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a recording and/or reproducing device (1) a cassette (3), which contains a magnetic tape (20) and a coupling pin (27) connected to the magnetic tape (20), can be loaded into the device (1) and the device (1) includes a pull-out element (50) which can be coupled to the coupling element (21) in that the pull-out element (50) is moved in a coupling direction (69) towards the coupling element (21) which is held in a coupling position, and of the pullout element (50) and the coupling element (21) one of these two elements (50, 21) has been provided with a locking element (113) which is movable transversely to the coupling direction (69).

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