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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1976
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1974
Motoshi Nishinakagawa, Iwaki, JA;
Alps Motorola, Inc., Tokyo, JA;
Abstract
A two-channel and four-channel cartridge tape player including a ganged multi-pole changeover switch, magnetic tape head means having four magnetic pick-up areas, a rotary switch having a first switch portion and a second switch portion and a four-stepped head shifting cam. Drive means is provided for advancing the four-stepped head shifting cam and includes a solenoid actuated by the second switch portion which engages and moves the four-stepped head shifting cam to contact a coupling member mounted to the capstan drive shaft which rotates the cam to the next tape track. When a four-channel tape cartridge is in the play position, the head shifting cam rotates two successive tape tracks to provide continuous tape play.