Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Seidensha Electronics Co., Ltd.

Katani Sangyo Co., Ltd.

Tomotaka Orita

Kiyonori Ishida

Takashi Torii

Atsushi Hojo

Shigeru Ogaya

Yasuyuki Sakamoto

Toshiyuki Hanada

Fumio Orito

Masanori Mizutani

Shunji Tatano

Kazunori Shimoyama

A recording medium loading apparatus has a recording/reproducing mechanism fixedly arranged in a horizontal posture, a lid body disposed in a generally vertical posture in front of a main body, and a guide mechanism for positioning the tray, in association with the opening/closure of the lid body, just above the lid body to load the recording medium when the lid is in the open state and at a position where the recording medium is mounted on the recording/reproducing mechanism to be played when the lid is in the closed state, thereby achieving inexpensive, compact and high-quality operating with high reliability without using a motor.

Recording medium loading apparatus for use in a recording and/or

A method of securing to an operating lever in the form of an elongated metal plate an operating button made of thermoplastic resin and including a mounting tongue of a generally tubular configuration having a hollow defined therein. An anchor perforation and a stopper pawl are first formed in the operating lever and the operating button is then temporarily mounted on the operating lever with the operating lever slid into the hollow of the mounting tongue until an abutment defined in the mounting tongue and positioned within the hollow is brought into engagement with the stopper pawl. While the operating button is thus temporarily mounted on the operating lever, the operating lever is placed on a support bench with one of opposite surfaces of the operating lever held in contact with the support bench, and a pressure is subsequently applied to an area of the mounting tongue which is substantially aligned with the anchor perforation by means of a presser to thereby form an anchor peg protruding into the anchor perforation in the operating lever.

Method of securing knobs on levers

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Hirakata, Japan

Tomotaka Orita