Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Tape record
Reexamination Certificate
1998-02-04
2001-08-07
Cao, Allen T. (Department: 2754)
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head stationary during transducing
Tape record
C360S096510
Reexamination Certificate
active
06271984
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a portable recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a function capable of recording an information signal, such as an audio signal or a video signal, on a recording medium which is a tape cassette or a disk cartridge and/or reproducing the information signal from the same.
2. Description of Prior Art
Apparatuses for recording and/or reproducing a recording medium, such as a tape cassette or a disk cartridge, include small recording and/or reproducing apparatuses exhibiting excellent portability because of the small size which is somewhat larger than the size of the recording medium. For example, a recording and/or reproducing apparatus adaptable to the tape cassette as the recording medium has a body having a loading portion which accommodates the tape cassette so as to record or reproducing an information signal. Moreover, the recording and/or reproduce apparatus has a cover rotatively supported by the body so as to close the loading portion. The loading portion has a capstan for moving a magnetic tape, a pinch roller for pressing the magnetic tape against the capstan and a magnetic head for performing a recording and/or reproducing operation using the moving magnetic tape.
A portion of the above-mentioned recording and/or reproducing apparatuses has a radio receiving function. The foregoing recording and/or reproducing apparatus has a printed circuit board, in which a radio receiving circuit is formed, and an antenna on the reverse side of the cover. The recording and/or reproducing apparatus has the structure that the printed circuit board, in which the radio receiving circuit, and the antenna are provided for the cover so as to be disposed apart from metal elements, for example, the capstan. Thus, deterioration in the sensitivity for receiving radio waves can be prevented.
However, the portable recording and/or reproducing apparatuses each having the size which permits a user to easily carry the apparatus with one hand suffer from unsatisfactory aesthetic sense. Thus, a user does not want to usually carry the conventional recording and/or reproducing apparatus.
OBJECT AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a recording and/or reproducing apparatus having satisfactorily small size so as to always be carried and convenient for a female user to carry the apparatus.
To achieve the above-mentioned object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording and/or reproducing apparatus including a body having a portion into which a recording medium, that is, a tape cassette is loaded with which recording/reproducing is performed, a cover rotatively joined to the body so as to be capable of closing the loading portion and a reflecting surface, that is, a mirror provided for the cover.
Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be evident from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments described in conjunction with the attached drawings.
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Akino Hirokazu
Ogawa Taizo
Cao Allen T.
Oblon & Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.
Sony Corporation
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