Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Yoshinobu Kishimoto

Takashi Ando

Harumi Kudo

Akira Kobayashi

Toshikazu Ura

Masatatsu Nakamura

Kunihito Mori

Tetsuki Asaoka

Yoshihiro Makino

Hidetaka Sasaki

Yukinobu Ohmichi

A cassette loading apparatus used in a recording and reproducing apparatus is provided which includes a cassette holder releasably holding a cassette; side wall members having formed therein first and second guide grooves in which guide pins planted on both side walls of the cassette holder are movably inserted so that the cassette holder is reciprocated between a first position where the cassette can be loaded into and unloaded from the cassette holder and a second position where recording and reproduction can be effected, the second guide grooves extending continuously from one end of the first guide grooves orthogonally thereto; a cassette holder drive unit including a gear and a rotatable arm for moving the cassette holder from the first position to the second position or vice versa; and a supplemental force imparting unit provided on at least one of the side wall members for imparting an urging torque when the guide pins are shifted from the second guide grooves to the first guide grooves, so as to retard the travel speed of the cassette holder before arrival of the cassette holder at the second position.

Cassette loading apparatus having a supplemental force imparting unit

A cassette loading apparatus in which there is provided a clutch member having a resilient member coupling first and second sliding members. The resilient member is adapted to horizontally move along guide members provided on one of a pair of side plates for guiding a cassette holder. The second sliding member has formed therein an elongated hole along which a projection formed on the first sliding member is displaced. The length of the elongated hole is greater than the displacement of the projection corresponding to the moving distance of the cassette holder along a horizontal section of an L-shaped guide groove formed in the one side plate.

Cassette loading apparatus including means for controlling the cassette

A cassette loading apparatus has a clutch mechanism provided with a first sliding member which is capable of moving horizontally along a guide member provided on one side of a side plate; a second sliding member having an elongated hole with which a projection provided on the first sliding member is engaged, and mounted such as to slide with respect to the first sliding member by being connected to the first sliding member by a resilient member; and an auxiliary sliding member resiliently engaged with the second resilient member having tension which is greater than that of the first resilient member.

Cassette loading apparatus

A cassette loading apparatus including a cassette guide provided adjacent to an insertion opening of a tape cassette, a cassette holder, a pair of said plates for guiding the cassette holder during displacement thereof and a chassis having the cassette guide secured thereto, is characterized in that the side plates are mounted on the cassette guide from above with at least one portion of each of the side plates secured to the cassette guide and at least another portion of each of the side plates secured to the chassis.

A tape loading apparatus in a video tape recorder has first and second tape drawing mechanisms movably supported between an unloading position, in which they are accommodated within respective recesses in a tape cassette containing magnetic tape, and a loading position in which a portion of the magnetic tape is urged around a tape guide cylinder. At least one of the tape drawing mechanisms includes a tape drawing member and a tape guide member. A tape protective member for preventing any possible entry of a portion of the magnetic tape in between the tape drawing member and the tape guide member is mounted on top of the tape guide member so as to partially overhang the tape drawing member.

Tape loading apparatus having a tape preventive member for preventing

A hot air drying machine for drying materials, such as clothes or the like, includes a drum for materials to be dried rotatably supported in a housing, a fan casing communicated with the drum and enclosing therein a fan rotated simultaneously with the drum by a driving motor, and heaters for heating air sucked into the housing from exterior thereof. The drying machine further includes an electrical control circuit connected to a first temperature sensing element for hot exhaust air and a second temperature sensing element for the cool outside air sucked into the housing with the operational ratio of the first sensing element to the second sensing element adapted to vary depending on the power source voltage fluctuation for achieving uniform drying rates regardless of the variations of the power source voltage.

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Takarazuka, Japan

Yoshinobu Kishimoto