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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1977
Shoji Suzuki, Iwaki, JP;
Alps Motorola Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnetically recording and reproducing apparatus selectively applicable to a tape cartridge and a tape cassette and having a first magnetic tape head for playing the tape contained in the cartridge and a second magnetic tape head for recording and reproducing the cassette tape. This apparatus comprises an entryway formed and adapted for receiving the cassette or the cartridge, a holder normally disposed in the entryway for receiving and conveying the cassette, a first means responsive to the cartridge being placed in its partially inserted position of the entryway for moving the holder downward out of the entryway thereby permitting the cartridge to be pushed deeper into the entryway so as to bring the cartridge tape into cooperative engagement with the cartridge tape head, and a second means responsive to the cassette being placed in its fully received position of the holder for moving the holder downward so as to bring the cassette tape into cooperative engagement with the cassette tape head.