Hitachi, Ltd.

Hideto Ueno

Satoshi Itoh

Katsuya Satoh

Teruo Hatsuda

A power assist cassette loading device for pulling and loading a cassette automatically into a tape recorder. The device has a drive gear member adapted to be driven by a motor, a power assist member adapted to be driven by the drive gear member so as to sequentially effect the pulling of the cassette, loading of the cassette and advancing of a head plate overcoming respective biasing forces, and a power assist retainer member for retaining the power assist operation member. The power assist operation member is driven in the earlier half part of rotation of the drive gear member and is then retained by the retaining member. Then, in the later half part of the rotation of the drive gear member, the power assist operation member is released and made to sequentially effect the pulling of the cassette, loading of the cassette and the advancing of the head plate. Finally, the power assist operation member is retained again by the retainer member.

Cassette loading device for cassette tape recorder

A cassette tape recorder with a radio receiver comprising a radio receiver system including an antenna, a tuner etc.; a tape recorder system including a magnetic head, motors etc.; an output system including variable resistors, speakers etc., which receives the audio signals from the radio receiving system or the tape recorder system; and a power source, wherein a switch is provided which is changed over by the operation of mounting a cassette on the tape recorder system and by the actuation of the temporary stopping mechanism so as to selectively connect the power source with the radio receiver system on the tape recorder system, whereby radio broadcasting can be received while the cassette is being mounted on the tape recording system.

Cassette tape recorder with radio receiver

A cassette tray for carrying a cassette is swingably supported on the sloping plate of the fixed member rigidly attached to the base member. When the cassette tray is swung up from the proper operation position, the cassette is lifted up by the cassette lift-up member so that the cassette slides down. The cassette sliding down along the tray is stopped by engaging the top of the cassette lift-up member with the stepped portion in the bottom face of the cassette.

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Katsuta, Japan

Hideto Ueno