Cassette loading and unloading apparatus

Details Cassette loading and unloading apparatus Cassette loading and unloading apparatus

1981-09-10

1983-09-20

Christian, Leonard D.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Record transport with head stationary during transducing

Tape record

242198, G03B 104, G11B 1500

Patent

active

044059620

ABSTRACT:
A cassette loading and unloading mechanism for use in a recording and reproducing apparatus includes a chassis assembly, a cassette holder pivotally mounted on the assembly and adapted to be pivoted between a first loading position and a second operative position, wherein the cassette is adapted to be inserted into the cassette holder to a loaded position in response to a pushing force applied thereto when the cassette holder is in the first loading position; a holder lever adapted to engage the cassette holder to retain the latter in the first loading position; a torsion spring adapted to bias the cassette holder to the second operative position when the holder lever is disengaged from the cassette holder; a threading arm rotatably mounted to the chassis assembly and biased from a first inactive position to a second active position by the cassette when the latter is inserted into the cassette holder to the loaded position; a release lever engaged by the threading arm when the latter is biased to the second active position; and a tension spring connected to the threading arm to bias the threading arm and the release lever toward the first inactive position when the cassette has been inserted into the cassette holder to the loaded position and when the pushing force applied to the cassette has been reduced below a first value, wherein the release lever disengages the holder lever from the cassette holder and the torsion spring biases the cassette holder to the second operative position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3893186 (1975-07-01), Yoshii
patent: 3902680 (1975-09-01), Neff
patent: 3904149 (1975-09-01), Suzuki

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