Goldstar, Co., Ltd.

Lg Electronics Inc.

Seong Sik Kang

Sang Jig Lee

Mun C Joung

Myung G Kang

Byoung Gyu Jang

Hyo C Yu

Kye Y Ryu

Sung Ho Choi

Tae Hyong Kim

Sung Hoon Choi

Tae Hyoung Kim

Sung Woong Ahn

Wook Young Soh

Key Y Ryu

In Hwan Lee

A disk tray shifting device for an optical disk player includes a bracket movable along the cross direction of a main base. The device includes a main base having a guide member, an up-down pivoting base secured to the main base, the up-down pivoting base having a protrusion projecting from one end thereof, a tray movable between a loaded position and an ejected position, and a bracket movable along the guide member in at least in a transverse direction with respect to a moving direction of the tray. The guide member is arranged in the cross direction of the main base. In one embodiment, a loading motor is attached to the bottom of the bracket, and a power transmission is installed on the bracket. It is possible to construct the disk tray shifting device simply and compactly by installing the loading motor and the power transmission in a single bracket.

Disk tray locking device for an optical system

Disclosed is a disk tray shifting device for optical disk player in which a loading motor for shifting the disk in installed movable along the cross direction of a main base. The device comprises a guide bar arranged in the cross direction of the main base, a bracket mounted slidably on the guide bar, a loading motor attached to the bottom of the bracket, and a power transmission means installed on the bracket. According to this invention, it is possible to construct the disk tray shifting device simply and compactly by installing the loading motor and the power transmission means on a single bracket.

Disk tray shifting device for an optical disk player

A disk tray shifting device for optical disk player includes a loading motor for shifting the disk tray, and which is movable along the cross direction of a main base. The device includes a guide bar arranged in the cross direction of the main base, and a bracket mounted slidably on the guide bar. The loading motor is attached to the bottom of the bracket, and a power transmission is installed on the bracket. It is possible to construct the disk tray shifting device simply and compactly by installing the loading motor and the power transmission in a single bracket.

A loading device for moving a tray of a disc player apparatus having a tray for movement between a loaded position and an ejected position; a loading motor having a motor shaft and being mounted on a main base; and driving elements for moving the tray between the loaded position and the ejected position by power derived from the loading motor. The driving elements are rotatively mounted centering on the motor shaft of the loading motor.

Device for loading a tray down into a pick up disk player

A disk guide apparatus for an optical disk playback system includes a pinion gear having at least one non-toothed portion, a pair of guide plates respectively having a gear portion being engaged to the pinion gear, and a spring providing an elastic restoration to the guide plates. The apparatus prevents an erroneous insertion of the optical disk and carries out a disk loading/unloading operation by use of minimal parts thereof, thereby realizing a simplified structure and an easy assembly as well as decreasing production cost and improving workability.

Disk guide apparatus for optical disk playback system to prevent misinsertions

A deck mechanism for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, wherein its fixed base plate and its slide base are slidably coupled to each other without defining a space therebetween. Elements of a tape traveling system are arranged on upper and lower surfaces of the fixed base plate and the upper surface of the slide base. The upper surface of the fixed base plate is mounted with the head drum, a loading motor, a supply slant post assembly, a take-up slant post assembly, a stabilizer, pinch roller arm-driving and pressing mechanisms, a head cleaning mechanism, a capstan shaft of a capstan, all being upwardly protruded from the upper surface of the fixed base plate. The upper surface of the slide base is mounted with a supply reel table, a take-up reel table, a tension adjusting mechanism, and a brake, all being upwardly protruded from the upper surface of the slide base. The lower surface of the fixed base plate is mounted with a power transmission system for the loading motor, a rotor magnet of a capstan motor, an idler mechanism, and a mode sensing mechanism. The deck mechanism of the present invention can be reduced in volume, total height and in number of elements used. As a result, it is possible to provide products with light, thin, simple and compact construction and reduce the manufacture cost.

Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus deck mechanism with a slide

A head drum protector for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, such as a slide type camera recorder. The head drum protector is preferably integrated and comprises a head drum protecting wall for protecting a rotary head drum, an opening provided at the lower section of the head drum protecting wall to receive a head base of the rotary head drum and to bring the rotary head protector into engagement with the head base. A pair of support blades extend outwardly from opposite sides of the protecting wall to enlarge the head drum protecting area of the head drum protecting wall and to support an opened tape cassette door. A sensor holder is provided at the lower front of the protecting wall to hold a LED sensor used as a tape end sensor. At a lower section between the protecting wall and the support blade, a fixing part is provided in order to mount the head drum protector on the slide base of the deck mechanism.

Head drum protector for magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus

A brake device for magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, such as a slide loading type camera recorder. The supply reel brake unit includes a supply reel brake having an operating pin, and a mode switch gear having an operating protrusion pushing the operating pin in a tape running mode, thereby releasing the tape supply reel table. In addition, the supply reel brake unit may comprise a drive cam gear, a supply reel brake cooperating with the drive cam gear to selectively brake the tape supply reel table. The take-up reel brake unit includes a clutch gear engaging with the reel gear of the tape take-up reel table, a take-up reel brake having a rotation limit lever limiting the rotation of the brake in cooperation with the guide pin of the stationary base plate, a latch of the brake selectively engaging with the reel gear of the tape take-up reel table to brake the take-up reel table, and a stop pin of the take-up reel brake received by the slit of the slide base to separate the latch of the brake from the reel gear of the tape take-up reel table in a tape loading operation, thereby releasing the tape take-up reel table.

Brake device for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus

A tape running system for a slide loading type magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus. The system comprises a stationary base plate mounted on a deck mechanism of the apparatus, a slide base mounted on the stationary base plate such that it is reciprocated with respect to the stationary base plate within a predetermined range, a pair of loading gears mounted on the lower surface of the stationary base plate and engaging with each other and connected to a pair of slant post assemblies through individual loading levers, and a rotational force transmitting unit transmitting the rotational force of the loading gears to the slide base for driving the slide base. The rotational force transmitting unit is connected between one of the pair of loading gears and the slide base and linearly reciprocates the slide base using the rotational force of the loading gears. The pair of slant post assemblies as well as the slide base are driven by the rotational force of the loading gears, thereby achieving the recent trend of compactness and light weight design.

Tape running system for magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus

A pivotable cassette housing for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising a pivotable bracket formed of a single metal plate, to have an integral construction, and a cassette holder mounted in the bracket and adapted to receive a tape cassette therein. The pivotable bracket has a pair of side walls and a pair of connecting portions integrally formed with the side walls and adapted to connect the side walls with each other, one of the connecting members having a cross section with a stepped shape and the other having a cross section with a shape having opposite protruded ends. Each of the side walls has a guide pin extending inwardly from an inner surface of the side wall and the cassette holder has a guide slot for receiving the guide pin, to mount the cassette holder in the bracket. The bracket is formed by blanking a single metal plate into a construction having a pair of side wall portions, a pair of connecting portions for connecting the side walls with each other, bending the side wall portions of the construction into a shape corresponding the side walls of the bracket, and forming a plurality of recesses at the resultant bent edges of the side wall portions, to produce a plurality of reinforcing support lugs at the bent edges.

Cassette housing for magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus and

A brake device for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, such as a slide loading type camera recorder. The supply reel brake unit includes a supply reel brake having an operating pin, and a mode switch gear having an operating protrusion pushing the operating pin in a tape running mode, thereby releasing the tape supply reel table. In addition, the supply reel brake unit may comprise a drive cam gear, a supply reel brake cooperating with the drive cam gear to selectively brake the tape supply reel table. The take-up reel brake unit includes a clutch gear engaging with the reel gear of the tape take-up reel table, a take-up reel brake having a rotation limit lever limiting the rotation of the brake in cooperation with the guide pin of the stationary base plate, a latch of the brake selectively engaging with the reel gear of the tape take-up reel table to brake the take-up reel table, and a stop pin of the take-up reel brake received by the slit of the slide base to separate the latch of the brake from the reel gear of the tape take-up reel table in a tape loading operation, thereby releasing the tape take-up reel table.

Brake device for magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus

A head drum cleaning device for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus comprising a head cleaning lever pivotally mounted to a fixed base plate of the apparatus by a pin fixed to the fixed base plate, a cleaning roller rotatably mounted to one end of the head cleaning lever by a pin fixed to the head cleaning lever, a drive member constituted by a part of a slide base of the apparatus and adapted to drive the head cleaning lever, and a head cleaning lever rotating unit operatively connected to the drive member and adapted to pivot the head cleaning lever through two steps, namely, in toward the drum and then in the reverse direction. The head drum cleaning device has a simple construction capable of achieving a smooth cleaning operation, in that the head cleaning lever is actuated by the drive member mounted to the slide base to clean the rotating head drum. The head drum cleaning device can be applied to compact camcorders such as 8 mm camcorders using the slide base.

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Kyungki-do, South Korea

Seong Sik Kang