Tuner Co., Ltd.

Hideki Oshima

Tamaki Ohashi

A tape player includes a changeover mechanism for shifting the position of a tape travel direction changeover member in response to the reciprocating movement of a rewind pushbutton actuator, a head channel selector switch connected to the changeover mechanism via a resilient connecting mechanism and shiftable in response to the shifting operation of the changeover mechanism, silence detecting for detecting a blank interval between recordings on a magnetic tape and producing a silence interval detection signal upon detection of the blank interval, a latch mechanism for releasably holding the rewind pushbutton actuator in its advanced position, the latch mechanism being responsive to the silence interval detection signal for releasing the rewind pushbutton actuator, and blocking member for blocking the shifting operation of the head channel selector switch during the forward movement of the rewind pushbutton actuator.

Tape player

A cassette tape player having a quick traverse lever and a rewinding lever, each mounted on a chassis of the player so as to be movable forward or rearward in a reciprocating manner in a longitudinal direction of the chassis. The quick traverse lever moves forward so as to move a head plate rightward in order to perform a quick traverse operation of a tape of the player, the head plate being mounted on the chassis so as to be slidable rightward or leftward along the chassis. The cassette tape player further includes an actuating mechanism for effecting a change in the travel direction of the tape, the actuating mechanism being swingably mounted on the chassis, while being movable forward or rearward in the longitudinal direction of the chassis. The cassette player further includes a spring mounted on the chassis for urging the actuating mechanism rearward and for biasing the actuating mechanism counterclockwise in its normal condition.

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Sayama, Japan

Hideki Oshima