Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Takahiko Suezawa

Hideo Yoshida

Satoru Koizumi

Hideto Takeuchi

Shinichi Sako

Shoji Taniguchi

Hiroaki Nakao

Takashi Tsuchitani

Yoshifusa Fujioka

Masayuki Isobe

Fumio Kasai

Kyozo Okumura

In a disk loading device, an upper tray is moved by pinions among a loading and unloading position for loading and unloading a disk outside a housing, a storage position for storing the disk inside the housing, and a reproduction position for reproducing the disk at the back of the housing. A lower tray is held by a lock lever onto the upper tray between the loading and unloading position and the storage position. As the upper tray is moved from the storage position to the reproduction position, the lower tray is released from the lock lever by a hold releasing rack provided to the housing. Outside the housing, since the lower tray is held onto the upper tray, the strength of the upper tray is increased. Inside the housing, since the lower tray is released from the upper tray, the upper tray is moved alone. This allows the drive mechanism to drive the upper tray alone, making the configuration of the drive mechanism simple. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the configuration of the drive mechanism without a larger housing.

Disk loading device having disk holding tray separable into a plurality of segments

A cassette tape player compatible with cassette tapes of different formats incorporates a cassette holder which holds an analog compact cassette and a digital compact cassette in a state they are placed one upon another. The cassette holder includes a cassette holder main body having an analog cassette storage section, a digital cassette storage section, and a second cassette holder member. The second cassette holder member is supported by the cassette holder main body such that it is slightly movable in a moving direction of the cassette holder, and has a slider moving lever for opening the slider of the digital cassette. A cassette tape player with such a cassette holder has separate magnetic heads for analog and digital signals, thereby lengthening the life of the magnetic heads and achieving faithful recording and reproduction.

Cassette tape player compatible with cassette tapes of different formats

A mode selector assembly for use in a tape recorder or the like is disclosed herein, for placing the tape recorder or the like into a selected operating mode by means of a rotating member upon the actuation of an actuator lever. The mode selector assembly includes a cam surface on the rotating member, interlocking device provided between the actuator lever and the rotating member for sliding movement with rotating movement of the cam surface, responsive to rotation of the rotating member and connecting means for connecting the actuator lever to the interlocking means. The actuator lever is shifted to its actuated position via the interlocking means in response to rotation of the cam surface immediately after the rotating member is rotated upon actuation of the actuator lever.

Mode selector assembly for use in tape recorders

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Higashihiroshima, Japan

Takahiko Suezawa