Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Unwinding and rewinding a machine convertible information... – Cartridge system
Patent
1996-10-09
1998-08-04
Darling, John P.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Unwinding and rewinding a machine convertible information...
Cartridge system
G11B 1560
Patent
active
057881740
ABSTRACT:
A centering mechanism for centering cassettes in a defined location in a housing of a cassette loading/unloading system for recording/playback apparatus, each of the cassettes having a shell with a bottom face and an information carrier within the shell, and each of the cassettes having a similar cavity with a standard profile on the bottom face of the cassette which provides access to the information carrier. The centering mechanism includes a centering tab and a movable tab support, the centering tab being supported by the tab support in a cassette centering position projecting vertically above a bottom wall of the housing where it is located to be received in a cavity of a cassette placed in the defined location in the housing and in a non-interfering position free and clear of the housing and cassette, the centering tab defining a profile which approximately matches the standard profile of the cassette cavity, and a member which is connected to move the tab support and displace the centering tab between its cassette centering position and its non-interfering position during loading/unloading operations so that the centering mechanism does not interfere with recording/playback of information on the information support.
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Darling John P.
Staar S.A.
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