U.S. Philips Corporation

Bts Broadcast Television Systems Gmbh

Thomon Licensing

Reinhard Weber

Werner Maack

Dieter Gause

Rainer Kaus

Jeroen Rotte

Nicolaas Johannes Damstra

Richard John Everitt

An apparatus is proposed for detachable mechanical and electrical and/or optical connection of a recording appliance to an imaging apparatus. The apparatus comprises a mounting board and an insert board, which is pushed into the mounting board. In this case, the mounting board has guides on opposite sides, which hold the insert board in an interlocking manner in the pushed-in state. Electrical and/or optical contacts on the mounting board and on the insert board are connected to one another when the insert board has been pushed essentially completely into the guides on the mounting board. In one embodiment, a locking lever is provided, which converts a rotary movement of the locking lever to a linear movement of the insert board in the insertion direction. A latching position is provided in an end position of the locking lever.

Apparatus for mechanical and electrical connection

A magnetic-tape-cassette apparatus includes a tape-loading device having supports (17, 18) which are longitudinally movable on guide members (19, 20) and are caused to perform oppositely directed synchronous movements by means of two traction-means drives (29 to 34) for the purpose of threading a magnetic tape (4). The two traction-means drives (29 to 34) are mechanically coupled by a third traction-means drive (35). Toothed belts (31, 34, 35) used as traction means are driven by a torque generated by an electric motor (36).

A magnetic-tape-cassette apparatus having improved tape-guide device

A tape drive mechanism for magnetic tape apparatus for tapes housed in cassettes has a pressure roller (29) at one end of a press-on lever (35) which is pivotally held on a drive shaft bearing (31) of a drive shaft (30) so that it can be inclined in a vertical plane. Another end of the press-on lever (35) has the guide cavity (37) in which a grade element (38) is held. The guide element is affixed at the end of a bascule lever (40) which is pivoted also on the supporting bearing (31) of the drive shaft (30). The bascule lever (40) is controlled by the progress of a tape threading operation of a tape loading device, the control being in the axial direction of the drive shaft (30).

Cassette tape capstan drive with rocker above capstan for swinging

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Reinheim, Germany

Reinhard Weber