Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyeong-Seok Choi

Bong-joo Kim

Young-Ho Cho

Jae-kab Seo

Seung-Woo Lee

Jun-young Kim

Do-young Choi

Jeong-Hyeob Oh

Jae-hoon Sim

Byeong-bae Park

Jun-Young Kim

Seung-Han Lee

Sung-Hee Hong

Chung-Hum Baik

Do-Young Choi

Sung-hee Hong

Byeng-Bae Park

Byeng-bae Park

Choong-Hum Baik

Myoung-Joon Kim

A locking device for a tape cassette housing of a tape recorder comprises a locking recess and a locking protrusion respectively provided in sides of a tape cassette housing and a deck chassis and corresponding to each other, thereby fastening a tape cassette housing to the deck chassis, the tape cassette housing resiliently coming into contact with the deck chassis as a tape cassette is loaded. In here, around external circumference of the locking protrusion is formed at least one edge, and an end of the edge comes into contact with a corner of the locking recess right before the locking protrusion is inserted into the locking recess. Accordingly, the locking protrusion comes into linear contact with the corner of the locking recess in loading/unloading operations of the tape cassette so that the stopping of the ascending and descending movements of the tape cassette housing is prevented during the loading/unloading operations of the tape cassette.

Method of locking tape cassette housing of tape recorder

A pole base assembly for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus for guiding a tape drawn from a reel through a predetermined path in parallel or substantially in parallel toward a lead surface of a head drum. The pole base assembly comprises a pole base disposed to approach and retreat from a side of the head drum when the tape is loaded and unloaded, respectively, a sloping pole disposed to be sloped on the pole base, to be parallel or substantially parallel to the lead surface of the head drum, for guiding the tape fed to the head drum at a predetermined angle, to be parallel to the lead surface, and a supporting holder disposed on the pole base, and having a sloping part to support the sloping pole to be inclined at a predetermined angle.

Pole base assembly for magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

Locking device for tape cassette housing of tape recorder

An oil spatter prevention apparatus having a shaft for use with a device, such as a tape recorder, including a stationary portion fixed to a deck, a shaft body extended from the stationary portion on which a rotation body is rotatably supported on an outer circumference, and an oil spattering prevention means for preventing oil applied between the shaft body and the rotation body from being spattered when the shaft body rotates, the oil spatter prevention means being at least one of a circumferential recess on the shaft body, an annular recess on the shaft stationary portion, and a recess exterior and adjacent to the shaft.

Oil spattering prevention apparatus for tape recorder

Disclosed is a reel clutch of a tape recorder. A plate spring is positioned between a reel gear and a reel disc of a reel disc assembly which is mounted on a deck of a tape recorder, and a stopper reel is provided on the reel disc to restrain the engaging height of the plate spring so that a torque is generated by the frictional contact between the reel disc and the plate spring, whereby assembly productivity can be enhanced and manufacturing costs can be reduced.

Reel clutch of a tape recorder

A deck mechanism for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus comprises a main deck provided with a head drum, a capstan motor, and a sub-deck installed on the main deck to be loaded/unloaded. The sub-deck is provided with a pair of reel discs, onto which tape reels of a tape cassette are seated; a pole base loading unit; a pinch roller unit for compressing the tape against a spindle of the capstan motor when the sub-deck is loaded; a brake unit; a main sliding member mounted on the main deck to be capable of reciprocatingly sliding, the main sliding member controlling the driving of the pinch roller unit; and a main cam gear mounted on the main deck. The main cam gear causes the sub-deck, the pole base loading unit, the brake unit, and the main sliding member to perform linked movements while the main cam gear is rotationally driven.

Tape deck mechanism with main cam gear moving sub-deck, pole base loading unit, brake unit and main sliding memeber

An improved magnetic tape guiding device for use with a magnetic tape transport system of a tape recorder and the like, and a method for using the same. The magnetic tape guiding system of the tape recorder transport system has a supply reel pole base assembly having a slant pole with a first guide unit having portions formed at both ends of the slant pole to function as a conventional roller for regulating upward and downward movement of the upper and lower edges of a moving magnetic tape, and a tension pole assembly having a tension pole with a second guide unit having portions formed at both ends of the tension pole to function as a conventional impedance roller for regulating upward and downward movement of the upper and lower edges of the moving magnetic tape. This arrangement can thus achieve 2-dimensional plane-traveling of the magnetic tape while also reducing the number of the parts of the guiding system.

Magnetic tape guiding device for use with a tape transport system of a tape recorder and method for using the same

A moving deck plate for a camcorder has a sub-chassis slidably moving with respect to a main chassis. A drum base is integrally formed with the main chassis. A pair of stationary guide rails are integrally protruded from both sides of the drum base. A pair of movable guide rails provided at the sub-chassis are docked to the pair of stationary guide rails to form a moving path, along which a pair of pole bases move to draw a magnetic tape from the tape cassette. One of the stationary guide rails is coupled to the drum base by a first bridge-type reinforcing rib.

Moving deck plate for camcorder

A magnetic tape loading device for a tape recorder comprising a pole base assembly which moves along a deck chassis and takes a magnetic tape from a tape cassette during a loading of the magnetic tape, a guide rail which is mounted on the deck chassis to guide a movement of the pole base assembly during loading/unloading of the magnetic tape, and a movement prevention unit which prevents a movement of the pole base assembly during loading/unloading of the magnetic tape, and when the loading of the magnetic tape is completed.

Tape loading device for a tape recorder

A tape guide device for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus includes a pole base assembly to guide a tape supplied from a supply reel and passed through a predetermined path to be moved horizontally to a read surface of a head drum. The pole base assembly includes a pole base installed adjacently to or separately from one side of the head drum during a loading/unloading operation of the tape. The pole base assembly also includes a pole unit including a spiral flange inclined to the pole base to be in a horizontal direction to the read surface of the head drum, to guide the tape entering the head drum to be inclined at a predetermined angle and positioned in the horizontal direction to the read surface.

Tape guide device for magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

A reel braking apparatus for a tape recorder selectively brakes a reel disk assembly, which includes a reel disk and a reel gear installed on a deck, according to an operational mode. The apparatus includes a clutch member supported by a rotation shaft installed on the deck, a gear member installed coaxially relative to the clutch member so as to rotate by being engaged with the reel gear, and a clutch spring installed between the gear member and the clutch member for restricting rotation of the gear member so that the gear member can rotate in one direction according to a rotational direction of the reel gear. The clutch member and the clutch spring are coupled to each other, and this allows the gear member installed for engagement with the reel gear of the reel disk assembly to rotate in one direction only. Thus, as soon as the rotation of the gear member changes according to a change in rotation direction of the reel gear from a forward direction to a reverse direction, the rotation of the gear member is restricted by the clutch spring, and rotation of the reel gear is stopped.

Reel braking apparatus for a tape recorder

A head drum apparatus comprises: a lower drum; a stationary shaft pressed and fitted into a center hole of the lower drum; an upper drum rotatably coupled to the stationary shaft via at least one bearing; a boss fixed to the top portion of the stationary shaft by means of a set-screw; a motor rotor mounted to the top surface of the upper drum; a motor stator fixed to the boss, the motor stator being opposite to the motor rotor; and a ground device. The ground device includes an anchor member anchored to the upper surface of the boss and an elastic member fixed to the bottom surface of the anchor member. The elastic member extends downwardly through a bore in the boss, and a ground member is fixed to tile lower end of the elastic member. The ground member is in elastic contact with an outer race of an upper bearing. Accordingly, the assembly and the disassembly operations of the components of the ground device become simpler and easier, thereby increasing the productivity and enhancing the service operation efficiency thereof.

Ground device of head drum apparatus

A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, having a driving source; a main chassis on which the driving source is mounted; a sub chassis which is disposed to the main chassis so as to be slid in a front and rear direction, and which is provided with various tape running elements; a head drum device which is mounted on the main chassis; a loading system provided with a supply side pole base driving device and a winding side pole base driving device which loads a tape depending on the moving operation of the sub chassis in the front and rear direction; a running system which runs the tape in a desired direction at a desired speed; a main power transmitting unit which selectively transmits a power of the power source to the loading system or the running system; a cam gear which is rotated by the main power transmitting unit and transmits the power to each mode; a slider which is disposed between the main chassis and the sub chassis so as to be slid in a left and right direction and interlocked with the cam gear; a mode detecting unit which detects each mode according to the tape running; a tape tension regulating unit which applies a proper tension to the tape; an automatic separating unit which automatically blocks a power transmission to the loading system in a particular mode; a connecting unit which permits the power transmission to the loading system in a particular mode; and a connection maintaining unit which maintains the power transmission at the time of loading/unloading the tape or in the early re-connection which transmits again the power to the loading system.

Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

A head drum apparatus including a lower drum; a stationary shaft pressed and fitted into a center hole of the lower drum; an upper drum rotatably coupled to the stationary shaft via at least one bearing; a rotor magnet secured via a plate to the upper drum; a boss fixed to the top portion of the stationary shaft by a set-screw; a PCB mounted to the boss such that it is opposite to the rotor magnet, the PCB having a pulse generator (&ldquo;PG&rdquo;) pattern, a frequency generator (&ldquo;FG&rdquo;) pattern, connection patterns and jump patterns formed on one surface thereof, the PG pattern and the FG pattern being connected to the respective connection patterns via the respective jump patterns; and motor stator coils mounted to the PCB, whereby the structure of the motor becomes simpler, the number of the components and the manufacturing steps are reduced, the manufacturing efficiency is enhanced and the productivity thereof is increased.

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Suwon, South Korea

Hyeong-Seok Choi